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Sat 08 Aug 2010Beyond the veil
As the debate gathers pace across Europe on the practice of Muslim women wearing headscarves and full-face veils – known as niqab – The Irish Timesspeaks to five women who wear the niqab in Ireland
AISHA CHUCKLES as she tells the story of the child that stopped in the middle of a busy Dublin street and stared in astonishment as she walked past, her features obscured by the full-face veil known as the niqab.
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