Dutch burqa ban challenges

Around one hundred people, mainly women, protested in  The Hague, The Netherlands on August 9 against “Burqa ban“, which came into effect in the on August, 1. Die foto zegt alles. Knettergek! https://t.co/b3hCiZCU95 — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) August 9, 2019 Around couple of dozens of women wore a niqab and carried plates with texts like…

Grenoble: Muslim women impose burkini swim wear

With the summer weather, the debate surrounding the ban on burkini in public swimming pools has has reemerged. Muslim women defied a local municipality ban and wore the Islamic full-body swimsuit, violating hygiene rules of exploiting swimming pool in city of Grenoble. Women who wore the swimsuit, which covers the entire body except for the face, hands…

Brunei regresses to Stone Age laws

A set of archaic Sharia laws comes into effect from next week punishing adultery and homosexuality with death by lapidation in the ultra rich  Sultanate of Brunei. George Clooney calls for Brunei hotel boycott over new law that punishes adultery, gay sex with death by stoning https://t.co/NYcHokMKzK pic.twitter.com/GxKLWZX2Mr — The Hill (@thehill) March 28, 2019   From…

Ardern promises gun law reform

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that her cabinet had made in conceptual decisions around the reform of gun laws following the mass shooting in Christchurch mosques. New Zealand PM Ardern says cabinet agreed on gun law reforms https://t.co/iPEPjwNMyv pic.twitter.com/fV3lfvt0ZY — Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2019 “I intend to give further details of these decisions…

Woman suicide bomber failed attack in Grozny

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up nor far from a police station checkpoint in Grozny, the Chechen capital, Interior Ministry said on Saturday, November 17. https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1063806437778952193 Following the incident, police officers and civilians hadn’t sustained any injuries, the official added. “On the outskirts of Grozny an unknown young woman exploded herself,” acting head of the Chechen Interior…

Saudi women protest against abaya

Saudi campaigners have urged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to abandon rules for the Kingdom’s rigid dress code for women, launching a social media action posting photos, wearing their abayas inside out in protest. Women in Saudi Arabia have for decades been required to wear the abaya — a loose, all-covering black garment — in…

Chechen protest against persecution of Myanmar Muslims

Russian Federation. In the capital of Chechnya, Grozny, on the morning of Monday, September; 4, a rally in support of the Myanmar Muslims began. The action, broadcasted directly by the TV channel “Grozny TV”, RT and the television channel “Rain”, according to local sources thousands of people came to express their protest against the persecution…

MEPs in rage over Trump's ban

Political group leaders reacted on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order banning nationals of seven countries from entering US territory. Most MEPs described the travel restrictions as arbitrary and defying the core values of Western democracies, such as freedom, non-discrimination and solidarity. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherni  welcomed the clarification…