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Nigeria: Kwara shuts 10 schools temporarily over Hijab controversy
Kwara State, Nigeria, directed an immediate, but temporary closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of a…
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New Zealand Police introduce hijab to uniform
New Zealand Police have introduced a hijab into their official uniform to encourage more Muslim women to join.New recruit Constable…
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Britain’s First Hijab-Wearing Mayor Quits Labour Party over Racism
Somalia-born Rakhia Ismail said she had stepped down because she felt she was marginalized as a woman of color and…
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Quebec judge who asked woman to remove hijab apologizes, 5 years later
A Quebec court judge, who refused to hear the case of a Montreal woman because she was wearing a hijab,…
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Non-Muslim teachers wear Islamic veil in protest of local ‘burqa ban’ in Sweden
After the Sweden Democrats proposed a bill in 2018 to go “against the full-covering Muslim veil in all public places”,…
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Workplace discrimination towards Muslim women rising New Zealand
Muslim women are increasingly becoming targets of workplace discrimination in New Zealand, according to Islam Women’s Council of New Zealand…
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Germany: 11-year old girl wearing headscarf attacked brutally in Germany
An 11-year-old Muslim girl wearing a headscarf was injured in a suspected Islamophobic attack by two far-right extremists in the…
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France adopts a law to ban the hijab
The French Senate has passed a bill requiring Muslim mothers accompanying their children on school trips to remove their headscarves,…
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Proposal to ban the headscarf in secondary schools in Austria
Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kors has proposed a ban on headscarves in high schools as part of his promises to…
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Air Canada blasted for allegedly asking girl, 12, to remove hijab before boarding
Air Canada is under fire after an employee allegedly asked a young girl in a hijab to remove her headscarf…
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