Niqab

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    Germany Bans Muslim Student From Wearing Niqab Face Veil in School

    An 18-year-old Muslim student in Germany can no longer legally wear the veil that aligns with her religious beliefs, according to the U.K.’s Independent. When her school, the Sophie Scholl Evening Gymnasium, prohibited her from wearing the garment to class, the teen tried to sue — but her appeal was struck down by a German court after the case was taken to an administrative court in Osnabrück.

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    French man convicted of assault after ripping off Muslim woman's veil

    A French man who ripped a Muslim woman's veil off while she walked around a fairground has been given a five-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay his victim compensation. The 30-year-old man admitted charges of aggravated

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    Saudi women refused entry to France after declining to 'unveil' at airport

    PA Three Saudi women have been refused entry into France after they all declined to take off their face veils (niqab) for immigration officials. According to Al Bawaba, the women had to get a return flight back to Doha that same evening. They

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