Some 3,000 Muslim women and their supporters marched in Vienna protesting government plans to impose a ban on wearing full-face veils in public places.
Over half of Islamophobic attacks in Britain, which stand at nearly two per day, are committed against women, UK daily The Observer reports.
Several British hospitals have reportedly established specific policies that disallow their female medical staff from wearing a face veil when dealing with patients as the country’s Muslim community states that it is “disgusted” with UK’s government deliberations on whether to ban the religious headdress.
A number of Swedish individuals are showing their support to one hijab-wearing woman who was harassed and assaulted in Stockholm last Friday night.