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Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Monday 13 February
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Article: Call for a worldwide ban on burqas
The burqa can only be worn behind closed doors from 1 January in France. From then on a...
Article: French lawmakers to take final vote on full veil ban
French lawmakers take a final vote Tuesday on a bill banning face-covering veils in...
Article: Still free to choose: why I wear the Niqab
Shaista Khan, 25, has been wearing the Niqab for seven years now. The young, smart and...
Article: French cabinet approves burqa ban law
The French cabinet approved a draft law to ban the Muslim full-face veil from public...
Article: French burqa ban could face challenge, says legal body
France's top legal advisory body has once again raised questions over the legal...
Article: Belgium votes to ban burqa in public
Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to ban wearing the Islamic burqa or...
Article: Belgian parliament votes to ban the burqa
Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban the wearing of the Islamic burqa...
Video: ‘I feel free behind my burqa’
What induces Muslim women to wear a veil? And how do the Dutch react to a woman...Article: European push to ban burqas appalls Afghan women
A firm believer in women's rights, the only thing Afghan lawmaker Shinkai Karokhail...RNW Player
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