An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women's garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in ...

Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings ...

Efforts to pass laws banning full veils, burqa or chador, in some European countries — particularly France — have put the issue firmly on the agenda in many other Western countries. Left and feminist ...

The burqa, a symbol of Taliban repression of women, remains a common sight in Afghanistan, nearly three years after the hard-line government was ousted by U.S. forces. In Kabul, more than half of the ...

"This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism," said Australian Sen. Mehreen Faruqi. Sen. Fatima Payman called Hanson's stunt "disgraceful." Proceedings in Australia's senate were suspended ...

A conservative lawmaker pushing to ban face coverings in Australia is under fire after video shows her wearing a burqa to Parliament, sparking fury from fellow senators. Footage shows Senator Pauline ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson caused uproar in Parliament on Monday after she entered the Senate wearing a full burqa, renewing her call for a public ban on the Muslim garment, reported ...

Rep. Carolyn Maloney is defending her decision to wear a burqa on the House floor in 2001, as fears that women will lose civil rights in Afghanistan under Taliban rule trigger a debate in a Democratic ...

I bought a burqa in a marketplace while covering the war in Afghanistan. When I pulled the cowling at the top over my head, to see what a women who wore a burqa might see, it emphasized how that dim ...

Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim ...