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The burqa is worn by women in various countries. Some countries have banned it in government offices, schools, or in public places and streets. There are currently 18 states that have banned the burqa and niqab, both Muslim-majority countries and non-Muslim countries, including: Africa: Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Tunisia
Proposals to ban hijab may be linked to other related cultural prohibitions, with Dutch politician Geert Wilders proposing a ban on hijab, on Islamic schools, the Quran, on new mosques, and on non-western immigration. In France and Turkey, the emphasis is on the secular nature of the state, and the symbolic nature of the Islamic dress.
In several countries, the adherence to hijab (an Arabic term meaning "to cover") has led to political controversies and proposals for a legal partial or full ban in some or all circumstances. Some countries already have laws banning the wearing of masks in public, which can be applied to veils that conceal the face. Other countries are debating ...
Countries that have banned the niqab and the burqa either fully or partially, as of 2023. There are currently 18 states that have banned the niqab and burqa, both Muslim-majority countries and non-Muslim countries, including: Africa: Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Tunisia [13]
Numerous French sporting authorities have banned women from wearing religious head coverings, such as in football, basketball, judo and boxing, according to Human Rights Watch.
In France, there is an ongoing social, political, and legal debate concerning the wearing of the hijab and other forms of Islamic coverings in public. The cultural framework of the controversy can be traced to France's history of colonization in North Africa, [1] but escalated into a significant public debate in 1989 when three girls were suspended from school for refusing to remove their ...
Laws enforcing mandatory hijab-wearing have become a flashpoint during the unrest that has swept Iran since mid-September when a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody ...
As of Thursday, protests had spread to at least 80 towns and cities across the country. State television has put the death toll in the clashes at 17, but a human rights group says at least 31 have ...