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# BURQAS

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# Switzerland
Switzerland to vote tomorrow on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places
Polls indicate a slim majority support the move, in a vote that comes after years of debate.
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Mar 6th 2021, 6:30 AM
# Burqa ban
Ban on burqas in public places in the Netherlands takes effect
Between 200 and 400 women are estimated to wear a burqa or niqab in the country of 17 million people.
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Aug 1st 2019, 9:30 PM
# bojo strikes again
May asks Johnson to apologise for saying women in burqas look like 'bank robbers'
The UK’s former foreign secretary also compared the women to letterboxes.
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Aug 7th 2018, 7:29 PM
# Fatherland First
Burqas or bus seats? Anti-immigrant group ridiculed for mistaking bus seats for Muslim women
People described the bus seats as “tragic”, “disgusting” and “terrorists”.
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Aug 2nd 2017, 6:39 PM
# BURQAS
Photos: Men in burqas say 'Don't tell women what to wear, keep your eyes away'
They organised the march ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
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Mar 5th 2015, 10:18 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Aug 19th 2011, 8:45 AM