Five Tunisian students launched a hunger strike Wednesday against a university ban on the niqab, or full face veil. A spokesman for an ultraconservative Muslim group at the University of Manouba said the five were under medical supervision.
A 32-year-old mother is set to become the first woman ever to be sent to prison for defying a ban on wearing the full Islamic veil. Full-face veils such as the burka and the niqab were outlawed in public places in France on April 11.
Annette Young meets John R. Bowen, anthropologist and author of "Can Islam be French?" Islam is the second most widely practised religion in France, but how do Muslims live their religion in a country which is known for its fierce secularism?
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Tues. 21/6/2011: Inside France's media today, we look at a protester who has found an original way to draw attention to France's strict ban on wearing the full Muslim veil in public. Also, a sex scandal involving foot massages and a look at a music festival across France today, the "Fête de la Musique".
As France starts enforcing a ban on the burqa, François Picard’s panel bemoans the lack of dialogue with those who practice the Muslim faith inside the EU nation with the highest Muslim population.
As France starts enforcing a ban on the burqa, François Picard’s panel bemoans the lack of dialogue with those who practice the Muslim faith in the EU nation with the largest Muslim population.
France bans the full-face veil in public, but the law proves both controversial and difficult to enforce. Meanwhile, Centrist politicians try to position themselves ahead of the 2012 presidential elections. Finally, British photographer Martin Parr unravels clichés about France's Muslim population.
French police fined a woman for wearing a full Islamic veil for the first time on Tuesday as a new ban against full-face coverings came into force. The woman was fined 150 euros in the Mureaux district north-west of Paris.
A much-debated French ban on wearing full Islamic veils in public came into force Monday, and was promptly met with a protest at which two women wearing the garment were arrested.
Two women wearing full Islamic veils were arrested at a demonstration against France's "burqa ban" Monday in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. They were arrested for taking part in an illegal protest.
