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And the Debate About the Full-Face Veil Continues in Spain…
Last February, the “Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña” (TSJC) suspended the municipal ordinance of Reus (Catalonia), which prohibited individuals from fully covering their faces in public...
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Debate Surrounding the Full-Face Veil: France, Belgium and Spain
In my first post, I commented on the Spanish Supreme Court’s (SSC) ruling regarding the burqa and niqab in Spain. I would like to pay special attention to the approach taken by the French and Belgian...
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The German Constitutional Court Says Yes to the Islamic Veil
Yesterday, BBC online reported on the new ruling made by the German Constitutional Court (GCC), which specifically held that prohibiting teachers from wearing the Islamic Veil in public schools is not...
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S.A.S v France: Towards a General Prohibition of the Full-Face Veil in Europe?
In this post I would like to analyze the first ruling at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), “S.A.S v. France”, concerning the full-face veil. In this case a Muslim woman, who voluntarily wore...
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Dutch Partial Ban on Islamic Veil in Public Spaces
In my previous post I analyzed the first ruling at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), “S.A.S v. France”, concerning the full-face veil. The ECtHR introduced the principle “living together” as...
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Dutch Partial Ban on Islamic Veil in Public Spaces
In my previous post I analyzed the first ruling at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), “S.A.S v. France”, concerning the full-face veil. The ECtHR introduced the principle “living together” as...
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