Sentences with phrase «face veil»

The case concerns a French Muslim woman's complaint that French law prohibits her from wearing a full - face veil in public.

When questioned about whether pupils should be able to wear face veils in schools, Morgan responded that dress codes were «up to the school» and that schools had the right to impose a uniform policy.

Personally the only feeling aroused in me is pity for the women who are forced to wear full face veils.

He has argued face veils for Muslim women should be banned in Britain over «security issues» since his election as Ukip leader last year.

Students are celebrating today after a controversial ban on face veils at Birmingham Metropolitan College was reversed.

Here is a Muslim woman who makes some sense, arguing for items of modesty such as burkini but against face veiling.

Sir Michael says inspectors can rate schools inadequate if wearing Islamic face veils are a «barrier to learning».

In France they are trying to ban the womans face veil.

This week, Britain's UK Independence Party recently published a proposal to outlaw full - face veils such as burkas.

London mayor Boris Johnson reluctant to ban the wearing of full face veils after Lib Dem MP Jeremy Browne calls for a nationwide debate on whther they should be permitted in some sensitive areas

Chinita — If you're looking for a veil that stands out from the crowd, then this vintage inspired face veil is for you, especially with the beautiful statement roses.

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has told inspectors in England they can fail schools for allowing face veils.

The Court recognized that the government's arguments based on security and gender equality were unfounded, but it accepted the argument that wearing full - face veils runs counter to established social norms that are necessary for «living together.»

Asked whether pupils should be able to wear face veils in school, the education secretary said «we're not going to tell people what they can and can't wear» but schools had the right to impose a uniform policy.

The recent debate over Muslim women wearing full face veils could see a return of riots as seen in Barnsley and Oldham in 2001, Britain's race watchdog chief has warned.

After his Daily Mail and Telegraph interviews earlier this week urging the party not to lurch left and calling for a potential ban on face veils, there will be some Lib Dem members who wish he would.

In the Court's opinion, in view of its impact on the rights of women who wished to wear the full - face veil for religious reasons, a blanket ban on the wearing in public places of clothing designed to conceal one's face could be regarded as proportionate only in a context where there was a general threat to public safety.

Police declined to specify whether the woman was wearing a burqa, a full - body covering that includes a mesh over the face, or a niqab, a full - face veil with an opening for the eyes.

Others are even more radical and vocal, stating the bill should go further and call for a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab or burqa Islamic face veils, similar to what certain European countries are doing.

GARY, Ind. (AP)-- A dollar store chain says it regrets that an employee told a woman to leave one of its Indiana stores because of her Muslim face veil.

The ban pertains to the burqa, a full - body covering that includes a mesh window over the face, and the niqab, a full - face veil that leaves an opening only for the eyes.

David Johnston, author of Earth, Empire and Sacred Text, Christine Schirrmacher, a scholar with the Institute of Islamic Studies of the Evangelical Alliance in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and Joseph Cumming, director of the reconciliation program at Yale Divinity School, discuss whether Christians should support laws that ban Muslim women from wearing the face veil in public.

Recent efforts in Europe to ban the face veil (the niqab or burqa) are not so much concerned with women's rights and security as they are with obtaining votes from an electorate that is increasingly xenophobic and anxious about national identity.

Discussion: Should Christians support laws that ban Muslim women from wearing the face veil in public?

The Chancellor suggested that her party ban full - face veils «wherever legally possible,» according to The New York Times.

RTT News [The legislation specifically targets two Islamic traditional garments — the burqa, a full - body black cloak that includes a mesh over the face, and the «niqab,» a full - face veil that leaves a narrow slit only for the eyes.]

In the northwest Muslim women wear a face veil when they go out, and in some provinces women wear a turban.

It is face veiling that is horrible under all conditions.

@Brigitte: I agree, the issue for me is first, face veils — which was my point from the beginning, and David's post shows face veil but then he talks about the burkini incident inspiring the inaccurate cartoon.

If there will be an officer who makes her remove her face veil, what are we going to say?

If most are against the face veil, does the one who insists on wearing it have the «right and freedom» to wear it, for one thing so she does not run over Sabio in her car.

In addition to user4012's excellent answer it is worth noting that often security, is given as a concern in regards to the full face veil.

On this occasion of international women's day, I want to raise the difficult subject of Islamic full - face veils - specifically, the niqab and the burqa.

On 8 August she made a speech calling for a shutdown of Muslim schools and Sharia courts and a ban on Islamic full - face veils in public spaces.

Boris Johnson has hit out at private schools in London which insist their female pupils wear the full face veil.

The face veil stops Muslim women taking their «full role» in society, a candidate for the Labour deputy leadership has said.

The protestors were railing against Nuttall's announcement that the party would commit to banning full - face veils in public, crack down on female genital mutilation and Sharia courts, and block the opening of new Islamic schools.

The recent debate over Muslim women wearing full - face veils could see a return of riots as seen in Barnsley and Oldham in 2001, Britain's race watchdog chief has said.

Two French Muslim women who continue to wear the full - face veil in defiance of a new law banning it in France have been issued fines by a court.

Face veil, $ 192, Jennifer Leigh.

The singer wore a gothy Jean Paul Gaultier dress with a full face veil, a crucifix crown, and black roses.

«I have also made clear to my inspectors that where leaders are condoning the wearing of the face veil by staff members or by pupils when this is clearly hindering communication and effective teaching, they should give consideration to judging the school as inadequate.

«It is a shame that the niqab - the full face veil that a minority of Muslim women wear - has become a polarising issue when it need not be.»

The Ofsted chief said he was concerned that some heads were «coming under pressure» to relax a ban on face veils, either for staff or pupils.

Judges should decide, on a case - by - case basis, whether women can wear the niqab, a full - face veil, while testifying in court, but a blanket rule on the issue would be «untenable,» Canada's top court ruled this morning.

On September 11, 2008 N.S., a sexual assault complainant sat in a court room in Ontario and struggled to explain to a judge why she shouldn't have to remove her niqab, face veil, while she testified.

on Grand Chamber Judgment Validates the Prohibition on Wearing the Full - Face Veil in Public in France

«It is doubtful that the blanket ban on wearing a full - face veil in public pursues a legitimate aim.