Sentences with phrase «niqabs in»

Mona Eltahawy argued that a «burqa ban» — which fines women who wear a burqa or niqab in public and threatens fines and prison time the people who force veils on women — should be extended worldwide.

Wearing a niqab in the courtroom does not facilitate acts of communication.

Quebec's Bill - 94 will attempt to ban the niqab in that province, a move that will certainly be challenged in the courts.

If I refused to serve a woman wearing a niqab in my law office, I might well be subject to human rights complaint, but as a newspaper editor I should be able to argue that niqabs should be banned.

Not exact matches

While visiting Abu Dhabi, Carrie and the gang find themselves in the back room of a dried - flower shop staring at seven women wearing black niqabs.

In most of the Arabian Peninsula, which includes the U.A.E. and Kuwait, women wear an abaya — a long dress that covers all of the body except for the hands and is usually paired with a niqab or a hijab, the latter of which covers the head but leaves the face exposed.

In 2015, he argued that «people like» Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi were to blame for the politicization of the niqab ban instituted by the federal Conservative government.

Canadian courts have often pushed back at attempts to infringe on that right, in cases involving niqabs and kirpans, for instance.

London, England (CNN)- The ban imposed by French President Sarkozy on wearing a face - covering veil, or niqab, is simply dangerous gesture politics, representing little more than pandering to the far right in France.

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.

I have no problem with the scarf but hiding a woman's face in public (Burka and Niqab) are oppressive.

Niqab / burka: Both of these are not mandatory in Islam.

Muslims are unwanted in the west... they are being pushed out until now only by the mention of words, by the imposing of laws that dismay the Muslims such as to the shape of Mosques in Switzland, The Niqab & Borqo in France, The Islamic Slaughter Rituals in Holland....

Forcing a woman to wear a niqab or a burqa will be punishable by a year in prison or a 15,000 - euro ($ 19,000) fine, the government said, calling it «a new form of enslavement that the republic can not accept on its soil.»

«We shouldn't tolerate sharia law in Aust and the burqa / niqab shouldn't be worn in public,» he tweeted.

Women breastfeed in full niqab / burka in some countries, such that you would never know they had a baby the whole time you talked to them.

So I say bring it on, come from all four corners of the Earth and lets together build a better society, an inclusive society, a free society where we don't suffer apoplexy at the sight of a burka or niqab, where the colour of your skin means nothing more than a reminder of the accidental random allocation of your birthplace on this planet.We all need to learn a lot more about the history of this nation and some of the very very cruel things that it has done in the name of Empire, and before (and is still doing in the name of Capitalism thinly veiled as national security).

I seriously think that a ban on wearing the niqab or the burqa in public should be considered.

In my view and that of my constituents, the niqab and the burqa are oppressive dress codes that are regressive as regards the advancement of women in our societIn my view and that of my constituents, the niqab and the burqa are oppressive dress codes that are regressive as regards the advancement of women in our societin our society.

I have been concerned for some time about the niqab and the burqa, but it was not until I took my children to the play area in my local park recently and saw a woman wearing a full burqa that it came home to me how inappropriate and, frankly, offensive it is for people to wear that apparel in the 21st century and especially in Britain.

There is still a perception in wider society that Muslims are stone - age fundamentalists, locked onto benefits, bent on creating news with uncomfortable practices such as wearing the niqab.

«Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, both stirred the political pot of religion and racism, the latter wading in to Jack Straw's niqab row with gusto.

Information and activities to teach about different attitudes to the «veil» and modesty in Islam (including hijab, niqab and burqa), and how Muslim women should make decisions over wearing it.

In this context, the headscarf or burqa or niqab is not a free choice of women but is a rule that is imposed on them by their family or community.

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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.

Justices Louis LeBel and Marshall Rothstein concurred with the judgment on dismissing the appeal, but argued for «a clear rule that niqabs may not be worn at any stage of the criminal trial» in the interests of openness and religious neutrality.

«With a niqab - wearing witness, that witness is in the courtroom answering questions.

Joanna Birenbaum, director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, an intervener in the case, says if the SCC orders N.S. to remove her niqab, it could have far - reaching implications for sexual assault victims.

She argued that unless a witness's face is directly relevant - for example, when her identity is in question - she should not be required to remove her niqab.

An extreme approach that would always require the witness to remove her niqab while testifying, or one that would never do so, is untenable,» wrote Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin for the majority in R. v. N.S.

Abella was the sole dissenter in the 2012 case of R. v. N.S., where she argued that requiring a witness to remove her niqab would effectively force her to choose between her religious beliefs and participating in the justice system.

In Canada, Quebec aims to prohibit «ostentatious» religious symbols (such as the burka and niqab) in interactions with the public servicIn Canada, Quebec aims to prohibit «ostentatious» religious symbols (such as the burka and niqab) in interactions with the public servicin interactions with the public service.

[1] How should the state respond to a witness whose sincerely held religious belief requires her to wear a niqab that covers her face, except for her eyes, while testifying in a criminal proceeding?

For example in Ishaq v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 156, (a case about whether a woman could wear her niqab during a citizenship ceremony), six public interest groups — including the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims — were refused permission to intervene, as the court determined that they could not advance their proposed arguments without social science evidence to back them up; nor could the court take judicial notice (facts and materials are accepted on a common sense basis without being formally admitted in evidence) of any of the facts necessary to support the arguments.

I may not like the religious fundamentalism inherent in the niqab and the burqa but politically I'm reluctant to tell people what to do and legally I can't see this law going anywhere.

I do however disagree with Omar's assertion that «the widespread support for the Bill is more properly grounded in xenophobia and misunderstandings about the niqab».

The strongest legal argument in favour of a ban on niqab's and burqa's would be on the basis of security (i.e. there is a legitimate state objective in preventing people from obscuring ones identity in public), but after the Gubaj Singh kirpan case I don't see that flying.

I suspect that if I walked down the street and into a government office right now in a balaclava I would receive more than a few concerned stares (probably more than a woman wearing a niqab).

While there is obviously a gender component to the niqab (you do nt see men wearing them), I'm not aware of any decisions where the court has restricted a woman's freedom in the interests of her own gender equality.

Justice Abella also dissented, but held that unless the appearance of the witness» face was directly relevant to the case (such as where identity is in issue), she should not be required to remove her niqab.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently decided a case regarding the ability of a complainant in a sexual assault case to wear a veil over her face while testifying in court.36 At the preliminary inquiry, the judge ordered that she remove her niqab before testifying.

So we have zero tolerance for veils and niqabs worn in citizenship ceremonies, especially if they are worn by Muslims.

A 2011 change in government policy required her to remove the niqab during the oath of citizenship.

In France, this notion has evolved into a law banning the wearing of religious dress or symbols in public institutions, such as government offices and public schools.42 Political parties in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.In France, this notion has evolved into a law banning the wearing of religious dress or symbols in public institutions, such as government offices and public schools.42 Political parties in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.in public institutions, such as government offices and public schools.42 Political parties in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.in Quebec argue that the proposed Bill 94 did not go far enough towards the French position; they say the government should impose a complete ban on the wearing of the niqab, hijab and burqa in Quebec.in Quebec.43

Finally, reaffirming the judiciary's attempts at even - handedness regarding headcoverings and the niqab, in 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada issued a judgment29 that weighed the rights of a witness to wear a niqab against the constitutional right of the accused to a fair trial, where the credibility of the veiled witness was in question.