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UP school objects to Muslim students' headscarves
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 24 (ANI): A school in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki has barred Muslim students from wearing headscarves to class, citing that they don't go with the dress code of the school.
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California to pay $85,000 to Muslim woman over forcibly removing hijab
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
California [U.S.], AUgust 12 (ANI): A Muslim woman has been awarded $85,000 after an officer forcibly removed her hijab, or headscarf, when she was in police custody in Long Beach, California.
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World Emoji Day: Apple launches emoji of hijab-clad, breastfeeding women
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July 18 (ANI): Marking 'World Emoji Day' celebrations, Apple on Monday launched a new series of emojis, panning across women with a headscarf, bearded men, and even one of a breastfeeding mother!
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German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Saudi Arabia without headscarf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 1 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel snubbed (eschewed) the strict Saudi Arabia dress code as she arrived in the country without a without a headscarf for talks with the oil-rich kingdom's monarch King Salman.
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EU court allows employers to ban Muslim headscarf at workplace
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Mar. 15 (ANI): The European Union's highest court has allowed companies to ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves at work, but only as part of a general policy barring all religious and political symbols.
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Le Pen cancels meeting Lebanon's Grand Mufti after refusing to wear h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Feb. 22 (ANI): France's presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen canceled a meeting with Lebanon's Grand Mufti, the most prominent Sunni Muslim cleric in the country, on Tuesday after refusing to wear a headscarf.
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Lindsay Lohan was 'racially profiled' for wearing headscarf at L
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Feb. 22 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan, who has always been vocal about her inclination towards Islam, recently claimed that she was 'racially profiled' for wearing a headscarf at London's Heathrow Airport.
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