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The Tunisian government has launched a new campaign against the public wearing of hijabs , the headscarves worn by many Muslim women in the predominantly Islamic state north African state. Police have begun stopping...

Turkish lawyer Alpaslan Aslan, on trial for the murder of a Turkish judge , caused a courtroom commotion Friday when, during the opening of his trial, his request to leave court to pray was denied, and he was...

A court in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg Friday threw out a ban on women teachers wearing religious headscarves . The case originated when Baden-Wuerttemberg passed a law in 2004 forbidding "outward expressions...

Thousands of Turks marched in Ankara on Thursday to denounce the shooting of five judges Wednesday in the Council of State , Turkey's highest administrative court. The judges were shot by an attacker, reported to be...

An unidentified attacker on Wednesday shot five judges in the Council of State , Turkey's highest administrative court located in Ankara. The wounded judges are all from the same court chamber, which deals with education issues and in...

The Netherlands cabinet is set to decide later this month whether to go forward with a ban against Muslim women wearing the niqab , the Muslim religious veil similar to a burqa that leaves only a...

Insisting his was a country where freedom prevailed, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday expressly condemned a new ruling by Turkey's high administrative court that a teacher should be refused promotion because of her decision...

A US-based Sikh group has announced Tuesday that it will use EU anti-discrimination law to challenge a current French law banning religious dress , including Sikh turbans, in state schools. United Sikhs claims...

Last week's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights upholding Turkey's ban on headscarves in public universities, has led to confrontation between the Islamic government and the law's secular proponents. Turkish...

Turkey can ban the wearing of headscarves in public and private universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. In its judgment , which is not subject to appeal, the court rejected Leyla Sahin's...