Sentence examples for burka from inspiring English sources

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burka

noun

An Islamic garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women .

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In a series of posts, one commenter told Malik she would look "stunning" if she lost ten kilos and wore a burka.

Cooper said: "Since Tpims were introduced, two terror suspects absconded – one in a black cab, one in a burka.

A terrorist suspect who went missing after changing into a burka at a mosque has begun an appeal against measures taken against him to protect the public.

"Why not go all the way?" asks the American Civil Liberties Union's man in Texas: "Why not require them all to wear a burka?" Others point out that it is hard to define what is sexual.

Add a promise to work with France's EU partners, an offer to be friendly (but not submissive) to the United States and a pledge to defend the rights of women (including those condemned to the burka): it all sounded immediately and genuinely presidential.What of the talking heads?

The reason: they were dutifully attired from head to toe in the regulation burka, or veil and so could not be identified, as required by the parliament's rules of procedure.

A rainbow-coloured flag, brandished by a large infidel in a burka, represented the EDL's gay, lesbian and bisexual division.

Mr Robinson built this into a broader campaign against what he describes as the Islamisation of British society citing as evidence a proliferation of mosques and Muslim faith schools, honour killings, the rise of the burka and much else.It proved serendipitous.

Uighur scholar and activist Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment for separatism, and the burka (a full-coverage garment worn by Islamic women) was banned in the far-western city of Kashgar (Kashi).

After a few jokes about her attire (she suggested it was excellent for "scaring away children"), Rehman discarded the burka to reveal a red cocktail dress.

In June in an address to Parliament, he declared, "The burka is not a religious sign.

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