Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world. Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or ...

The Burka is under attack! Its assailants also. With whom should we side? Is it really offensive to compare it to a letter-box on legs? Or to joke of its being an aid to the bank-robber or the ...

A rumour about burka-clad protesters appears to have been behind Thursday's controversial decision to segregate people with face coverings in Parliament House. Security officers and members of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discussions around face coverings such as the burka have been reignited after a Reform UK MP's question in parliament. (Getty) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pauline Hanson wore a burka in the Senate chamber in Canberra - Mick Tsikas/AAP Australian right-wing politician Pauline Hanson ...

Fierce has been the uproar surrounding the French National Assembly’s recent efforts to outlaw the wearing of the burka (a full veil that masks a woman’s face and body, worn by some Muslim women).

A few years ago, someone from the Feminist Majority Foundation called the Muslim Women’s League to ask if she could “borrow a burka” for a photo shoot the organization was doing to draw attention to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burka in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign ...

17:06, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 Updated: 17:08, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 Well, at least the latest Reform row has highlighted one of the issues of the day: should Britain ban the burka? I’m not massively in favour ...