Enforcement would be costly and would only drive burqa-clad women out of the public space and into more darkness. If the purpose of the ban is women’s empowerment, this would be counterproductive.

The NYPD is on the lookout for a burqa-wearing bandit who broke into a Queens home last week and made off with a cache of jewelry -- then strolled off under the cover of the traditional Muslim garb.

Most educated Afghan women I’ve spoken to loathe the burqa. It induces panic, claustrophobia and headaches. It’s a psychological hobbling of women that’s akin to Chinese foot binding.

Agnes De Feo, a researcher and documentary maker who since 2009 has interviewed hundreds of French women who wear the burqa, said that while she believes Nekkaz paid the fines in the beginning, he ...

Banning the burqa will not make it go away; it will only force the women who wear it, whether by choice or under coercion, to drop out of sight. Your tax deductible gift can help stop human rights ...

The burqa images are an intriguing contradiction: They aren’t portraits in the traditional, Western sense. They don’t reveal the faces and identities of their subjects.

A Muslim dressed in a burka applied for a crossing guard position. She didn't want the job, her intentions were to sue the city "as she was positive that they would not allow her to wear a burka ...

A burqa ban won’t protect or unite Britain – it will divide us. When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming ...

Its real target is the burqa. The measure, approved 51% to 49%, prohibits the wearing of full facial coverings in public. No specific garment or religion is mentioned, and the proposal is sex-neutral.

A controversial ban on face coverings known as the “Burqa Ban” went into effect in Denmark Wednesday, as some Muslim women vowed to take to the streets wearing their Islamic veils in protest ...