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Friday September 11, 2009
Islam: 
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – About one fifth of all schools in Belgium’s Dutch-speaking Flanders region will ban pupils from wearing Muslim headscarves, the schools said on Friday. “This decision promotes the feeling of equality and prevents group formation or segregation on the basis of external symbols of life philosophy,” said a statement from the schools, which number about 700.
Saturday June 28, 2008
Islam: 
Some British Muslims object to the use of sniffer dogs or body scans.Meanwhile in Denmark, the Muslim headscarf is causing waves.
And Britain’s most senior Muslim and Asian officer sues the Metropolitan police for discrimination.
Tuesday May 27, 2008
Islam: “In many Muslim countries, the veil is not obligatory,” he said adding that “it is important that it does not become a uniform, that is a form of reverse discrimination, where only those who wear the veil are considered Muslim.”
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