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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

FACE veils are worn by some Muslim women in accordance with certain Islamic traditions that insist on “modesty” in public. There have been calls to ban them in the UK – and Boris Johnson got into hot ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 caped crusader is on the loose in the mountains of Pakistan, but she's not your traditional superhero. The Burka Avenger wears a flowing black veil — only her brown eyes are visible — as she fights ...

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 ...