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  2. Hijab and burka controversies in Europe - Wikipedia

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    In France and Turkey, the emphasis is on the secular nature of the state, and the symbolic nature of the Islamic dress, and bans apply at state institutions (courts, civil service) and in state-funded education (in France, while the law forbidding the veil applies to students attending publicly funded primary schools and high schools, it does not refer to universities; applicable legislation ...

  3. Burqa by country - Wikipedia

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    1.10 Sweden. 1.11 Switzerland. 2 Muslim ... The law is viewed as a response to a court case of 2011 where a woman ... the Karnataka High Court upheld the hijab ban in ...

  4. Islamic veiling practices by country - Wikipedia

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    Two mannequins; one to the left wearing a hijab on the head and one to the right veiled in the style of a niqab.. Various styles of head coverings, most notably the khimar, hijab, chador, niqab, paranja, yashmak, tudong, shayla, safseri, carşaf, haik, dupatta, boshiya and burqa, are worn by Muslim women around the world, where the practice varies from mandatory to optional or restricted in ...

  5. Clothing laws by country - Wikipedia

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    Naked chests are legal except in the urban zones where there are by-laws or municipal rules. The burqa is banned. article 222-32: "Publicly visible sexual exhibition in public zones" punishable by 1 year of imprisonment and 15,000 fine. Germany There are no explicit legal regulations on clothing in Germany.

  6. Hijabophobia - Wikipedia

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    A ruling by European Union's top law court, European Court of Justice, on 14 March 2017 [a] allowed the employers "to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols" [14] such as the hijab. The decision was criticized for disguising what Muslims described as "a direct attack on women wearing hijabs at work".

  7. 34 People Share Normal Practices In Their Country That The ...

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    Image credits: Sean Kernan #6. My country is Ukraine, and even though it is located in the center of Europe(geographically), we have lots of customs similar to the middle east, I will describe ...

  8. Hijab - Wikipedia

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    The discrimination hijab-wearing Muslim women face goes beyond affecting their work experience; it also interferes with their decision to uphold religious obligations. As a result, hijab-wearing Muslim women in the United States have worries regarding their ability to follow their religion, because it might mean they are rejected employment. [237]

  9. Sweden passes law to make it easier to change legal gender - AOL

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    Sweden's parliament on Wednesday passed a law that will make it easier for people to change their legal gender and lower the age at which it is allowed to 16 years from 18 years, despite heavy ...