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March 24, 2011

A Question of Modesty: Banning the Burqa

What is now known as the “burqa ban” will become law on April 11. French Prime Minister Francois Fillan will see to it that the approximately 2,000 or so Muslim women do not have a choice in donning the face covering known as niqab in any place deemed public domain as defined by government officials. The burqa is a one piece garment that covers the contours of awoman’s body from head to toe; it has a detachable niqab that covers the face, with the exception of the eyes, and it promotes modesty and morality in its wearer. Its colors vary according to culture and preference of the women in different geographical areas.

February 12, 2010

British Author Says Call for Ban on Islamic Clothing ‘Straight Out of Mein Kampf’

As the debate rages in the West over the clothing Muslim women should or should not wear, two articles representing opposite sides of the discussion were published in late January.

As the debate rages in the West over the clothing Muslim women should or should not wear, two articles representing opposite sides of the discussion were published in late January. The London Times’ Dominic Lawson wrote a timely piece in which he quoted Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf on the subject of the appearance of Jewish Germans, which was outlandish to him and had no place in the German society.