One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s statement after being suspended from the Senate was resolute: “Does it really worry me? No. It will be the people that will judge me.”

Australians have once again called on the federal government to enforce a burqa ban years after Pauline Hanson wore one of the religious coverings in Parliament. At least 1,800 people have signed a petition calling for a ban on the garments in public ...

On September 15, France’s Senate passed a bill banning women from wearing full Islamic face veils such as the burqa and niqab. Similar laws are being considered in other European countries. In the New South Wales Legislative Council, Christian ...

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The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard-line Islamist group targeting women. The new dress ...