It’s not exactly “wear a burqa, go to jail”, but the French state has begun a sloganeering information campaign aimed at dissuading a crime that has fueled growing public concern. As part of that ...

Do not tell me that wearing a burqa is a matter of choice for Muslim women. I know that is a lie, because my mother confronted the lie and paid a hideous price for her courage. When men tell women – ...

Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa (veil) to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim ...

MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Efforts to pass laws banning full veils, burqa or chador, in some European countries — particularly France — have put the issue firmly on the agenda in many other Western countries. Left and feminist ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A group of Afghan men marched through the capital, Kabul, on Thursday to draw attention to women's rights by donning head-to-toe burqas that for many people worldwide have come to ...

A lot of photographers did pictures of women in burqas. It was like a symbol, to show Afghan women, how they live in Kabul. I went to a brand-new building and shot there, at the Kabul City Center, ...