Mama Diakité is 23, and has been playing club football for the past 10 years. But all of that could change, she says, if a ban on wearing the hijab while playing sports proposed by the French senate ...

World Hijab Day is here. February 1 marked the first annual World Hijab Day in recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty. As the day arrives, ...

In Islamic tradition, one of the few symbols that have often been misunderstood is the hijab. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to ...

17:41, Wed, Jun 4, 2025 Updated: 17:41, Wed, Jun 4, 2025 Reform UK’s newest MP raised eyebrows in the House of Commons on Wednesday as she asked Keir Starmer if Britain would join other European ...

Kazakhstan Hijab Ban: Most non-Muslim liberal nations do not impose restrictions on religious practices and beliefs and Muslim women in these countries freely practice their religion, including ...

Gaber Nassar sits in his ornate office, behind a huge oak desk covered with piles of papers as he explains why the university he leads recently banned women from teaching while wearing the niqab, a ...

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), stated that Muslim women should be allowed to access health services while wearing the hijab, but opposed the wearing of ...

Two Muslim women in Portugal who wear the hijab have spoken out against a ban on the burka, saying that it threatens women’s ...

Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or niqab, which also covers up their face. Headscarves are seen as a sign of modesty by people who wear them, and a ...