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Saudi Clerics Declare Women in France Exempt from Full-face Covering

researcher14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

Two Saudi clerics have declared Muslim women are exempt from wearing full veils in France, which is planning to ban them, but added they should avoid visiting it as tourists. The comments, by Islamic jurisprudence scholar Mohamed al-Nujaimi and author and cleric Ayed al-Garni, come two weeks after French lawmakers passed a bill under which…

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Full-face veil ’caused pupil mix-up’

Euro-Islam17 years ago15 years ago07 mins

A new headteacher who noted that one of her sixth form girls was wearing a Muslim full-face veil did not realise there were two of them – because she did not see them together. In evidence to the High Court, the headteacher said that, although she considered the niqab veil was a breach of uniform…

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