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NEWS ABOUT: Islamic dress code

Islamic dress code stories: 7 news summaries

French Pool Boots Woman
in 'Burkini'

Officials say head-to-toe swimwear violates hygiene rules

Aug 13, 09 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Muslim woman has been banned from a French public pool for wearing a head-to-toe "burkini" swimsuit, the BBC reports. The woman, who had purchased the suit in Dubai, called the ruling "segregation." Officials cited hygiene rules that prevent swimming clothed, and said it was not because... More »

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France • Islamic dress code • Muslim • Muslim women • swimming pool • swimsuit

(Newser) - A former UN worker who faces possible lashing in Sudan for wearing pants blasted flogging as an "insult" to humans that has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with "men mistreating women," she tells the Guardian. Lubna Ahmed Hussein and 12 other women were... More »

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Islam • crime • dress code • Sudan • Muslims • Islamic dress code • indecent exposure • court • Koran • flogging • Lubna Ahmed Hussein

 France Considers Burka Ban 


Jun 20, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - France’s parliament is making noises about banning head-to-toe Islamic women’s dress such as the burka and niqab, the Times of London reports. Opponents called the the dress “a moving prison” and a “tomb," and say it's cropping up more in big cities. If the... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French Parliament • Islamic dress code • niqab • Muslim women • burka • President Obama • French Muslims

 Iranian Lawman Blasts Barbie 

Top prosecutor calls for ban on Western toy imports

Apr 29, 08 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barbie, Batman, and Harry Potter have no place in the Islamic Republic of Iran, says the nation's top prosecutor. He warned of the "social danger" that toys and other Western cultural imports pose to his country and has called for a ban, the BBC reports. Barbie is a big... More »

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Iran • Islamic dress code • toys • Barbie • cleric

Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

Agreement alarms secular elite, which fears Islamist rule

Jan 25, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey is expected to do away with a 2-decade-old ban on women wearing head scarves at the nation’s universities as early as next week. The prospect alarms the country’s secular elite, who see the country on a slippery slope to Islamist rule, Der Spiegel reports. “The logic... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Islamic dress code • Islamic Sharia law • AK Party • Muslim women

Turkey May Lift Headscarf Ban

Constitutional reform would permit Muslim garb in universities

Sep 21, 07 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A debate is raging in secular Turkey over the ban on headscarves that has resulted in Muslim women who don them being barred from universities since 1980. Now, PM Erdogan is considering drafting a new constitution with a less stringent dress code that has made many Turkish women hopeful—and... More »

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Turkey • democracy • higher education • Islamic dress code • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • headscarves • Muslim women

Iranians Get Dressing Down for Dressing Up

Vice police target youth
whose garb is too 'Western'

Jul 25, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s vice police are back patrolling the streets of Tehran to curb outfits they deem too Western. Women are forbidden to wear body-fitting clothes or expose their hair or skin. Men are targeted for tight jeans, T-shirts and spiky haircuts. Offenders are usually put on trial, fined or jailed,... More »

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Iran • dress code • Islamic dress code

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