News Agencies – December 29, 2011 A woman in Brittany, France was given a €35 ($45) fine after police spotted her driving her car wearing a full-face veil.The woman, who was visiting family in the northwest coastal town of Saint-Brieuc, was wearing the face-covering niqab. Police stopped the woman who “seemed hesitant in her…
16 September 2011 The Dutch government has agreed to a ban on the burqa under a deal with Geert Wilders’ PVV Party. The Interior Minister announced that “a general ban on wearing face-restrictive clothing in public is on the way” and will be in effect in public buildings, educational institutions, hospitals and public transport….
The Globe and Mail – September 6, 2011 At a time when progressive sex education and gay-rights clubs are becoming an increasing part of the secular curriculum, many devout families in Canada’s most populous province are looking for a faith-based approach to learning. In Ontario, however, the only publicly funded faith-based option is Catholic schools…
News Agencies – May 10, 2011 Who says Muslims can’t be funny? That’s the tagline for a project by a French team that has produced 18 short movies in the last two years that take a humourous look at being a Muslim in France. With 14 million hits on its website, the project has attracted…
News Agencies – May 5, 2011 France’s burqa ban has seen 27 offences recorded since it was brought into force in April 2011. The law bans people from covering their faces in public spaces, effectively outlawing the burqa and niqab. The country’s Interior Ministry says on average one or two women a day have been…
