Two French women fined for wearing veil

Last Updated: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 13:05

Kenza Drider is among a group of women mounting an attack on the law that has banned Muslim face veils.

Oz council bans men to prevent mixing with women

Last Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 18:36

The Darebin City Council ban in Australia has banned men because it is "not appropriate" for men to mix with Muslim women.

NY park denies entry to Muslim women wearing hijab

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 18:52

The women had come to the park as part of a trip organised by the Muslim American Society of New York to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

NZ Muslim women urged to ‘take off face veils’

Last Updated: Sunday, August 7, 2011, 15:40

The burqas-on-buses debate erupted when two veiled Muslim women wern`t allowed to enter buses.

Muslim women can respect veil bans: Saudi cleric

Last Updated: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 23:53

A leading Saudi cleric hit out at France for moving to ban Muslim face-veils, but approved Muslim women foregoing veils when visiting a country which outlaws them, a report said on Saturday.

Burkini-clad women marched out of French pool

Last Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010, 16:12

French MPs have already voted to outlaw the burqa in public places.

British MP says he won`t meet veiled Muslim women

Last Updated: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 18:03

A Conservative MP has drawn flak from Muslims in Britain for saying he will refuse to meet women wearing the full Islamic dress in his constituency unless they lift their veil.

Demand for quota-in-quota for Dalit, Muslim women

Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010, 19:42

Hundreds of women from a minority community today organised a peaceful demonstration demanding that the Centre make provisions in the Women`s Reservation Bill.

Women can`t be forced to wear veil, rules B`desh court

Last Updated: Friday, April 9, 2010, 11:21

Muslim women cannot be forced to wear the veil while at work or in public, the Dhaka High Court has ruled while stating that it should be their personal choice.

Canadian province bans niqab for Muslim women

Last Updated: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:04

After France, Muslim women have been banned from wearing niqab in Canada`s French-speaking Quebec province.

Justice Sachar disapproves quota for Muslim women

Last Updated: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 22:41

Justice (Retd) Rajinder Singh Sachar, who headed the committee that surveyed the condition of Muslims in the country, said he did not favour a sub-quota for Muslim women.

AIMPLB meet to discuss rights of Muslim women

Last Updated: Friday, March 19, 2010, 08:35

Rights of Muslim women, especially in the matters of inheritance and education, will be high on the agenda of the annual general conference of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), beginning here Friday.