(JTA) — Swiss voters passed a referendum on banning face-covering veils, prompting the country’s Muslim and Jewish groups to protest that infringement on religious freedoms. The Swiss ...

A police union says three Saudi women who refused to remove their face veils at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport have been barred entry to France. A 2011 French law bans people from wearing Islamic ...

The woman claimed it was her right to appear with face covered, adding the court can’t force her to remove the veil. Following this, Justice Bharti did not entertain her appearance as counsel ...

Switzerland is home to approximately 400,000 Muslims, but the Federal Council estimates that only a few wear face-covering veils. However, tourism experts have raised concerns that the ban might ...