Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Muslim-majority Central Asia to ban the Islamic niqab, a long garment that covers the body, hair, and face, except the eyes. Effective February 1, the ban ...

(JNS) Bar-Ilan University said Thursday that it has barred a student from entering campus after she violated school policy by wearing a niqab—a long garment worn by some Muslim women that covers their ...

Italy's ruling party proposes banning the burqa and niqab Violators would face fines of 300-3,000 euros France was first European country to introduce blanket ban ROME, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Italy's ...

The Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative has condemned in the strongest terms the recent violent attacks on two Muslim women wearing the hijab and niqab in Ibadan and Lagos. It described the incidents as ...

A private school in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, prohibited Muslim parents wearing niqabs from entering the school during a parent-teacher meeting on Saturday, September 27, which led to a commotion in the ...

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