Veils are not appropriate in classrooms or airport security, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

It is not appropriate for students to wear a full veil in the classroom or for people to go through airport security with their faces covered, Nick Clegg has said. But the deputy prime minister said he did not want to see a state ban on the wearing of religious items of clothing in particular…

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Muslim woman Rebekah Dawson must remove niqab while giving evidence, judge rules

Judge Peter Murphy made the ruling in the case of Muslim convert Rebekah Dawson, who is facing trial for allegedly intimidating a witness. The 22-year-old had claimed her religious beliefs dictated that no male other than her husband could see her face. Lawyers for the defendant had argued that forcing the 22-year-old convert to remove…

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Salvini (Northern League): “Kyenge in a mosque? Is she in the Arab League’s Pocket?”

The League’s deputy secretary discussed the meeting between the Minister of Integration Cècile Kyenge and Muslim religious leaders. “They’ll take the eight mosques per thousand people and put the veil on women” The visit of Kyenge the Grand Mosque of Rome yesterday passed quietly. Due to the wishes of the minister who wished to make…

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Islam, a Florentine woman forced to use the veil and beaten by her husband

In 2010, after having embraced the Islamic faith, she flew to Egypt where she married a man she met only a few months earlier. A husband, 33 year-old Egyptian man, who turned out to have an abusive side, this side which slowly became a river of aggression. Until last Sunday, August 25 when the woman,…

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Muslim girl attempts suicide following attack

Liberation 27.08.2013 16-year-old Aïssatou N. jumped off the fourth floor of her apartment building in Trappes an attempt to commit suicide. Days prior to her suicide attempt, the Muslim teenager was attacked by two white male on the street who violently pulled off her hijab (veil). The attack follows violent riots in the same town…

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