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December 2014

December 23, 2014

A Potential Burqa Ban at the Federal Level in Switzerland

The optimism in my last post, at least for Switzerland, has been tempered with news...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

When Laïcité Goes Wrong, or When Burqa Checks Start Getting Real

Since the anti-burqa law (or whatever you want to call it, I can’t anymore) was...

July 2011

July 20, 2011

Behind the Burqa Ban: The Problem with France’s Muslim Feminists

This article was written by Peter Gray. France’s decision to outlaw face veils sparked a...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

The Republic Lives its Islamophobia Openly: France’s Newest Anti-Niqab Campaign

In France, they really don’t like any type of head coverings. After decades of one...

December 2010

December 08, 2010

The Doha Debates on The Burqa Ban: Filling in the Gaps

This is a guest post, written by Layla in response to our Doha Debates Roundtable....

December 02, 2010

Revealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part II)

(See Part 1 here.) I didn’t make it to the Friday panels because of schoolwork,...

December 01, 2010

Revealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part I)

Quebec’s Bill 94, which would deny access to public services to women who wear niqab,...

November 2010

November 25, 2010

The Doha Debates on The Burqa Ban

Last month, the Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates took on the French niqab ban, discussing the...

November 16, 2010

Muslim Women in Europe: Oppressed by Religion or Politics?

Early this month Amparo Sánchez Rosell (President of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Valencia) met...

September 2010

September 01, 2010

Last Say on Niqab Should be From a Woman Who Wears It. Obviously.

I took the a brief moment from work to watch a 12-minute segment on BBC's...

May 2010

May 24, 2010

How Western journalists reported the ban on burqa

This was written by Sabria S. Jawhar and was originally published in the Saudi Gazette....

February 2010

February 04, 2010

Cold Comfort: Supporting Arguments don’t do Burqa Bans a Favor

The proposed French ban on facial coverings* worn by some Muslim women seems like it...

September 2009

September 10, 2009

The French (Dis)Connection: on the role of Media and Politics in the Burqa Ban

Aged patronizing feminists, young veiled victims (of Islamist threat), and endangered laïcité éternelle (everlasting secularism):...

July 2009

July 15, 2009

Fair and Balanced: the BBC Burqa Debates

In the wake of the Sarkozy-Burqa fiasco, last week the BBC radio aired a show...