BRUSSELS – BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's lower house of parliament on Thursday banned burqa-type Islamic dress in public, but the measure faces a challenge in the Senate which will delay early enactment ...

The French cabinet last month approved legislation to ban women in France from wearing full Islamic face-coverings, the burqa, and niqab, in public areas. France, which contains Europe’s largest ...

A government proposal to ban the wearing of full-face veils for public servants in Germany is moving closer to becoming law. The legislation, which still needs upper house approval before becoming ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday approved a partial ban on the full-face ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who a month ago provoked an angry backlash by wearing a burqa in Parliament urged lawmakers on Thursday to ban full-face Islamic coverings in public ...

Dover's council voted to suspend public meetings and said future sessions would be virtual. The move followed the latest disruption by critics of Mayor James Dodd, this time led by a man wearing a ...

A law in France that forbids Muslim women from wearing face coverings in public goes into effect Monday. President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed for the... France's Burqa Ban Adds To Anti-Muslim Climate A ...

(CNN)-- Denmark's parliament banned the wearing of face coverings in public spaces Thursday in a move that critics say will criminalize Muslim women who choose to wear the niqab or burqa. The measure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fed up after yet another Dover council meeting was disrupted by activists on May 27, Mayor James Dodd declared that he will bar ...