The Guardian- Austria is the latest European country to move to ban the full-face veil in public spaces. The countrys ruling coalition this week agreed to prohibit full-face veils such as the burqa and the niqab in courts and schools, while further investigating the possibility of banning headscarves for women employed in public services. The ...

The New York Times- To loud applause, Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party members on Tuesday that Germany should ban full-face veils wherever legally possible and that it would not tolerate any application of Shariah law over German justice. Accepting her partys nomination as its candidate for another four-year term, the chancellor used the moment ...