Coastal towns in France have banned the so-called “burkini." — LONDON -- Germany’s interior minister is one of the latest European politicians to get involved in the debate about the burka, a ...

A ban on face veils worn by Muslim women has come into force in Ticino, an Italian-speaking region in southern Switzerland. In 2013, the burka (niqab) ban received 65 percent of the referendum vote in ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. On Friday, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière called for a ban ...