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workplace hijab can be banned in the EU
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Aziz Poonawalla
I have long argued that there is an inherent tension between the ideals of the Enlightenment and spirituality. This ruling from the European Court of Justice (the EU equivalent of the US Supreme Court) is a case study for that tension: Companies may ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves and other visible religious symbols under…
liberté, égalité, fraternité: pregnant muslim woman in France violently attacked over hijab; loses her baby
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a horrific story and the first thought should be duas for the grieving family for their loss: A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing a veil has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday. According to reports in the French media, the woman, who was…
Ramadan row – French fatigue
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Aziz Poonawalla
Ramadan is like a magic word. You need only to utter it and suddenly people become insane: The trial of seven men for armed robbery was due to start on 16 September in Rennes. But last week the court agreed to a request from a lawyer for one of the accused to put it off…
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