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THE HAGUE, 07/03/08 - Public broadcaster BNN deliberately misled viewers in a film clip about a woman in a burqa, the all-covering Muslim garment.
Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008
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THE HAGUE, 07/03/08 - Public broadcaster BNN deliberately misled viewers in a film clip about a woman in a burqa, the all-covering Muslim garment.
Making the news Not a sheep 2008
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In Belgium, the proponents of the ban argue that such all-covering garb poses security issues and threatens democratic values.
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In Belgium, the proponents of the ban argue that such all-covering garb poses security issues and threatens democratic values.
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In Belgium, the proponents of the ban argue that such all-covering garb poses security issues and threatens democratic values.
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The Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001, required women to wear all-covering burqas and banned them from leaving home without a male relative.
Afghan Women Protest Marital Rape Law; Men Spit and Stone Them 2009
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According to Sluis, the trouble was sparked by a work by cartoonist Peter de Wit, which shows two women in niqabs, the all-covering Islamic garments.
Cartoon blackmail in Holland... GayandRight 2008
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He also points out that folks who wear all-covering garments aren't getting enough Vitamin D, though he seems to have overlooked that they make vitamin pills for those exact reasons.
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He then goes on to list some of the more spectacular criminal purposes to which the all-covering garments have been put: fleeing Jihadis and escaping thieves and murderers have tried to drag their way to freedom.
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Dr. Pipes on Banning Burqas yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Dr. Pipes on Banning Burqas'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Dr. Pipes - "Middle East Scholar" - think we should ban all-covering Muslim attire.
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