Austria-Thousands of angry Muslim women and supporters came out to protest the government’s plan to ban full face veils including Burkas and Niqabs. Daily Mail reports: Thousands of Muslim women have marched in Vienna against controversial government plans to ban full-face veils in public. An estimated 3,000 took part in the rally calling for the law change to be abandoned, accusing the government... 

As part of his party’s plan to introduce a bill banning full-face veils, Austrian politician Heinz-Christian Strache posted on a social network an image of a young blonde woman with the phrase “Too beautiful for a veil.” The campaign was launched by the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader and Member of Parliament Heinz-Christian Strache on his Facebook page. According to the politician,... 

A Muslim woman wearing a face veil distributes flyers against a cantonal vote on banning face-covering headgear in public places, in Lugano on September 18, 2013. Residents of Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region have voted to ban full-face veils, after similar laws against Muslims were enforced in France and Belgium. Results from a democratic referendum in the Swiss canton of Ticino on Sunday revealed...