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• n  a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan
  the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa

• Apparently filmed on a mobile phone, the video image shows two men pinning down a burqa-clad woman as a bearded man in a turban flogs her with a whip The government's agreement .
• JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK AFP Getty In his speech at Versailles, Sarkozy denounced the burqa, the all-enveloping garment worn by a tiny minority of Muslim women as "not welcome on .
• Since the full-coverage swimsuit dubbed the Burqini (as in burqa plus bikini) hit the international market in January, devout Muslim women have been snapping them up.

• burka

News & Articles

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• Selfridges in London robbed by smash-and-grab thieves
  LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- Two men, one in a burqa, were arrested Thursday when their moped crashed shortly after a robbery at the London department store Selfridges, witnesses said.
  June 7, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Nicolas Sarkozy in UPI.com
  The burqa is not a religious sign, it's a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement, I want to say it solemnly,he said.
• Pervez Hoodbhoy in Las Vegas Sun
  Through ceaseless proselytizing and subtle pressure tactics, Al-Huda has brought a majority of my university's students under the burqa,Hoodbhoy said in an e-mail. "In comparison with students of earlier decades, they are less confident,...
• Rita Verdonk in Salon
  The Cabinet finds it undesirable that face-covering clothing -- including the burqa -- is worn in public places for reasons of public order, security and protection of citizens,Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk said.