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Hijab is now almost officially banned in French public schools. An anti-hijab ban was passed with an overwhelming majority in the French Parliament. What is next? Other European countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, are expected to follow in the French footsteps… More>>
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Protect-Hijab Challenges Jack Straw to a Public Debate
Following comments made by Jack Straw, Protect-Hijab is immensely concerned about the backlash that has been witnessed against Muslim women wearing the niqab. There has been an increase in the number of verbal and physical attacks against Muslim women reported over the past few weeks, in correlation with the intensity of the debate surrounding this religious dress...>> More
Racist incidents that took place following Jack Straw's comments
Friday 6 October: Muslim woman had her hijab, or headscarf, pulled off and thrown on the floor by a white man in east London.
Friday 6 October: Muslim woman had her veil snatched from her face in Liverpool.
Friday 6 October: Muslim girl wearing a veil in Mr Straw's Blackburn constituency was verbally abused by three youths.
Saturday 7 October: Two Asian men were attacked by racists in Leicester, one critically injured.
Sunday 8 October: Racist graffiti was daubed on a house on Teesside.
Monday 9 October: A 21-year-old Turkish woman wearing a hijab was verbally abused by a white woman in Canterbury, Kent.
Monday 9 October: A black Muslim woman wearing a veil was verbally abused in Hackney, east London.
10/20/2006: Hijabbed Muslim woman shot to death in California


