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French police check identity cards of two women for wearing full-face veils

French ban on full-face Islamic veil violates human rights, says UN

Justice

France’s courts have upheld the full-face veil ban, saying it did not violate religious freedom. A panel of UN human rights experts disagrees. Does the ban further marginalize France’s minority Muslim population?

Women wait for a bus in central Tehran, Iran August 24, 2015.

Why some Iranian women are taking off their headscarves and hanging them on a stick

Culture
Women wearing headscarves sit in chairs at a public beach in Alexandria, Egypt

In some affluent circles in Egypt, the hijab and burkini just won’t do

Culture
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