AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Dutch government said Friday it would outlaw full-length veils like the Muslim burqa and other face-concealing apparel in public places, marking this once-tolerant ...

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MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Social media in Hindu-majority India is awash with misinformation targeting Muslims, with recent posts mocking cricket athletes from neighbouring Bangladesh for supposedly wearing burqas during a ...

The burka is no longer simply the symbol of female repression and Islamic culture, it is now emerging as the preferred disguise of bandits and n'er do wells. In Sydney this morning a man was robbed by ...

In her first speech after returning to parliament, she said Islam was "a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own". Hanson wore the Islamic garment in the chamber to highlight what she ...

Japan has not introduced anti-Islam laws and its constitution upholds the freedom of religious belief. AAP FACTCHECK - Japan ...