He responded with clapping emojis Former England footballer John Terry seems to have endorsed a policy to ban the burqa in public spaces in the UK. Terry, 45, responded to an Instagram post by Rupert Lowe, a former Reform UK MP who recently founded the political party Restore Britain. Lowe shared a post pledging to […]

2 weeks ago

If women ignore the decree, their close male relatives and friends could be imprisoned Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief has announced that all women must wear an all-covering burqa in public. On Saturday, May 7, Afghanistan’s de facto leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made the controversial announcement despite previous pledges to maintain Afghan women’s rights. “They […]

4 years ago

A simple but effective disguise British SAS troops are said to have managed to slip through Afghanistan undetected and be successfully evacuated after they disguised themselves in burqas. Up 20 British soldiers are believed to have concealed their identities and fooled Taliban soldiers into thinking they were “devout women” while trying to make their way […]

4 years ago

The killing reportedly took place on the same day as a news conference in which the Taliban said they would honour women’s rights. A woman in Afghanistan was shot and killed by Taliban fighters for going out in public without wearing a burqa. The incident comes as Taliban members have been ensuring that the organisation […]

5 years ago

Johnson has apologised for his comments Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson sparked outrage on Monday after saying that he found burqas, the covering worn by some Muslim women, to be “oppressive”. He also asked why they would “go around looking like letter boxes” and compared them to “bank robbers”. He added: “In Britain today there […]

8 years ago

The proposals still need approval from the Dutch senate.

10 years ago