Cairo — A decision by the government to banthe veil in some academic institutions has reignited debate about personal rights.

Egyptian Islamic thinkers have condemned French Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie over comments she said on a recent television interview.

Europe is in the throes of an Islamophobic trend and gathering pace. The Swiss referendum coincides with the rise of far-right parties across Europe.

The Sawasya Centre for human rights and anti-discrimination has condemned actions taken by a judge in Spain where he ordered a Muslim lawyer to leave the courtroom after she refused

Hoda Ramzy, another student, was expelled from Al-Azhar Institute in Shoubra, today, for merely wearing a niqab.

Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and , the Muslim-majority country’s top religious authority, has vowed to ban the niqab (the veil which covers the entire face)

Fascism’s new face in Europe, parliamentarian in the Netherlands Geert Wilders, proposes taxing Muslim women who wear hijab (head covering) 1000 Euros.

Rashid Al-Ghannoushi : Ben Ali’s regime aims to destroy Tunisian people’s Islamic opposition, identity His ideological fatwas and directions are stemming from a down to earth understanding of every day

Tunisian Veil Defense Committee reporter to IkwanWeb: War against veil is launched to hide political economic corruption in Tunisia Tunisian arena witnesses an organized campaign against the Muslim woman’s veil

In a dialogue exclusively held by , Mr. Hamadi Al-Jibali, the former political prisoner and the prominent leader in Al-Nahda movement in Tunisia, considered the lack of freedom to be