One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...

A Christian who was expelled from the Scouts for describing a Muslim niqab as a "Darth Vader tent" has claimed he later faced religious discrimination at work. Brian Walker, 66, a former electrician ...

The niqab – usually referred to erroneously in Britain as the burqa – is a marginal trend across most Muslim traditions; both ...

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 ...

Police in Kyrgyzstan have issued hefty fines and official warnings to hundreds of women wearing the niqab, a face veil that is banned in the Muslim-majority country. At least 29 women were each fined ...

More than 20 countries already ban or restrict burqas and niqabs (full-body and face coverings) worn by some Muslim women in ...

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

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 ...

A new dress code for female civil servants in Indonesia’s Central Lombok regency should concern all Indonesians. Women all over Central Lombok started purchasing niqabs. On July 3, for the first time, ...