Muslim woman in burqa mocked at restaurant by foreign tourist; here's what police say
A video of a foreign tourist mocking a Muslim woman in a burqa has ignited outrage in Dubai, raising questions about respect for cultural norms and privacy laws. As the incident gains traction on ...
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Boris Johnson's burka jibe: Why do some Muslim women wear the veil?
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has been criticised for saying Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter ... she told BBC Radio 5 Live. "They're under no oppression, they're not doing ...
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Afghanistan’s singing sisters defying the Taliban from under a burka
"When I saw two women under a burka singing, honestly I was crying," she says. She was born in 1996, the year the Taliban first took power, and her family fled to Iran when she was just a child.
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Why we need to change the way we talk about Muslim women
If the story’s about polygamy, FGM, forced marriages or – most often – the burka – you’ll hear Muslim women on the radio. It sometimes seems that we are only seen as the sum total of our ...