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- European Human Rights Court Upholds France's Burqa Ban - But This News Might Not Be As Good As It Sounds
Sounds like good news, but I'm not so sure. Check it out. From the Wall Street Journal: The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's ban on wearing full-face veils in public, rejecting arguments that the ban undermines freedoms...
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The Last Crusade: SPANISH CITY REACTS TO MUSLIM INVASION-BANS BURQA NIX TO THE NIQAB BARCELONA BANS THE BURQA by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. Barcelona is set to become the first Spanish city to ban Islamic face veils and full body burqas in public buildings,...
- Europe Struggles With Muslim Dress Code
From the Associated Press: ANTWERP, Belgium – Chances of seeing a burqa in Belgium are only a little better than spotting a liquor shop in Saudi Arabia. Yet Belgium...
- "discrimination Against Muslims In Europe Has Been An Increasing Concern"
Sec. of State Clinton and the State Department released the Report on Human Rights Practices for 2009 a few days ago. The full report, country by country, you can read here. But, as an appetizer, here's The Last Crusade on it. thanks to Michael Travis...
- Dutch Aim To Ban Burqas
If this goes through, they will be the first European government to do so: The Dutch government has announced that it would seek a way of banning the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public places, possibly becoming the first European...
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U.S. State Department Slams France Over Ban on Burqas, Switzerland for Banning Construction of New Minarets
From Weasel Zippers:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Wednesday the state of religious freedom in Europe, as Washington highlighted policies and attitudes toward Muslim veils and Islam as a whole.MEANWHILE, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
“Several European countries have placed harsh restrictions on religious expression,” Clinton said, without elaborating as she unveiled the State Department’s report on international religious freedom for the last year.
Her assistant secretary for human rights, Michael Posner, cited France’s ban on wearing the niqab and other face coverings in public places and a Swiss motion passed last year that bans building new minarets.
Both measures have been criticized as intolerant moves stigmatizing Europe’s growing Muslim population.
Posner acknowledged “growing sensitivity and tension in Europe” over Islam.
“What we are urging our European friends to do is to take every measure to try to alleviate that tension,” he added.
The different attitudes toward Muslims in Europe and the United States are the source of frequent tensions and misunderstandings between both sides of the Atlantic.
“We have gone to court in the United States to enforce the right of Muslim women and girls to wear a burqa, and on the streets, in schools, et cetera,” said Posner.
“That’s our position. It’s a position we articulate when we talk to our European friends."
- European Human Rights Court Upholds France's Burqa Ban - But This News Might Not Be As Good As It Sounds
Sounds like good news, but I'm not so sure. Check it out. From the Wall Street Journal: The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's ban on wearing full-face veils in public, rejecting arguments that the ban undermines freedoms...
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The Last Crusade: SPANISH CITY REACTS TO MUSLIM INVASION-BANS BURQA NIX TO THE NIQAB BARCELONA BANS THE BURQA by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. Barcelona is set to become the first Spanish city to ban Islamic face veils and full body burqas in public buildings,...
- Europe Struggles With Muslim Dress Code
From the Associated Press: ANTWERP, Belgium – Chances of seeing a burqa in Belgium are only a little better than spotting a liquor shop in Saudi Arabia. Yet Belgium...
- "discrimination Against Muslims In Europe Has Been An Increasing Concern"
Sec. of State Clinton and the State Department released the Report on Human Rights Practices for 2009 a few days ago. The full report, country by country, you can read here. But, as an appetizer, here's The Last Crusade on it. thanks to Michael Travis...
- Dutch Aim To Ban Burqas
If this goes through, they will be the first European government to do so: The Dutch government has announced that it would seek a way of banning the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public places, possibly becoming the first European...