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French government accused of discrimination against its own athletes with Olympics hijab ban
The Independent via Yahoo News· 55 minutes agoCampaign groups including Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have spoken out against a hijab ban which...
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEmployees can be banned from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarf in EU...
Activists slam France hijab ban saying 'sports should be inclusive'
RFI via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFrench Muslim basketball player Diaba Konate said she had hoped to represent her country at the...
Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in...
India's top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a...
Islamic headscarf returns to heart of Turkish political debate
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTurkey's government and opposition both vowed legal steps to enshrine women's right to wear Islamic...
France to sue student it says falsely accused principal of forcibly removing headscarf
CNN via AOL· 3 months agoA French high school student is being sued by the government for falsely accusing her former...
France bans Islamic abayas in schools, calls them "political attack"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFrance is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government...
Conservative Muslim Women Helped Erdoğan Win Previous Elections. Now Some Are Turning Against Him
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWomen hold posters reading, “Are you God? We’re rebelling against unrestrained men and masculinity,”...
3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKABUL, Afghanistan — Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in...