Marcus Franz, a physician and former MP from the conservative Austrian People’s Party created outrage on social media after he said the non-Muslim white European girls in Vienna have started to wear Islamic headscarves so as to prevent street harassment and assault by male Muslim migrants. During an appearance last week on OE24, a local Austrian television station, Franz stated, “Speak with women... 

The ban on headscarves at the Koninklijk [Royal] Atheneum in Antwerp and the Athenaeum in Antwerp-Hoboken led to massive protests by the Muslim community beginning during the summer holidays. These were the last two secondary schools in Antwerp that permitted the wearing of headscarves. In the new school year, which begins September 1, there will be none. Three hundred pupils threatened to leave the...