Bilkis Parveen, a classmate of the Muslim woman doctor whose hijab was removed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, emphasised that what happened was wrong, stating, "No one has the right to touch ...

Until recently, such scenes would have been unthinkable in the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose strict dress code for women has required they wear the hijab in public since shortly after the 1979 ...

Women swaying to dance music at a DJ set, strolling without headscarves through cutting-edge art exhibitions and in coffee shops showing off trendy styles that could have come from the streets of ...

Student officer PC Seher Nas says she feels "proud and empowered as a Muslim woman" when wearing the hijab A hijab featuring a magnetic "quick-release system" designed to help female Muslim police ...

A hijab featuring a magnetic "quick-release system" designed to help female Muslim police officers on patrol has been put into production. The headwear has been created by researchers at De Montfort ...

Last week, Khamenei's office faced backlash from some ultraconservatives. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday delivered a staunch defence of the hijab as more women flout the ...

A groundbreaking quick-release hijab for female police on the front line has gone into production with orders coming in from around the country. The innovative design features an innovative magnetic ...

On a busy sidewalk outside a café, a group of young people, many of them women, bob their heads to the beat of “Seven Nation Army,” by the White Stripes. Huddled around a live band, some shake their ...

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's anecdote about his aunt's post-9/11 fear wearing a hijab has sparked controversy. Viral social media posts question the aunt's hijab-wearing status and ...

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 is actually his dad’s cousin. The socialist mayoral front-runner made the revelation during a press ...

In Iran, the wearing of hijab by women in public spaces is mandatory. According to the “Chastity and Hijab” bill enacted in 2023, women who defy dress codes risk long prison sentences, steep fines, ...

The false claim started on a Chinese-language social media site. Iran’s legal requirement that women wear the hijab in public can be found in its Islamic Penal Code in Article 638. Iran hijab law is ...