Jane Macdougall is a freelance writer and former National Post columnist who lives in Vancouver. She writes The Bookless Club ...

The state-backed Kyrgyz Muslim Spiritual Directorate has publicly stated that "the hijab is obligatory [for Muslim women] but the niqab is not." But critics have warned a ban will alienate and ...

Those who want to wear a burqa or hijab can wear it at their homes but at the examination centres, they should write their exams like other students. There have been incidents of cheating and ...

World Hijab Day, celebrated annually on February 1, aims to promote awareness, understanding, and tolerance regarding the hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim women as a sign of modesty ...

Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.

Now simply appearing in a public place wearing the Niqab carries a fine of 20,000 som, about 230 dollars. The controversy over traditional Muslim women's clothing, and men's long beards ...

Three terrorists were killed while escaping an intelligence-based operation (IBO) wearing a burqa, in the Datta Khel are of the North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the Inter ...

For Shreen Mahmood, widening the discussion on wearing the hijab cannot come soon enough, after she faced discrimination and hatred for doing so. "Someone commented on one of my social media posts ...

(Facebook) Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane on Wednesday sought a ban on wearing burqa during the next month’s Std 10th and 12th examinations of the state board. In a letter to ...

"Copying-free exams has been the motto of the school education department. Copying will be prevented regardless of students wearing a burqa or not.

who were trying to escape wearing women’s attire (burqa).” It added that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist ac ...

A senior assistant editor with the Times of India, Mohammed Wajihuddin writes about Muslims, their issues, hopes and aspirations. Committed to upholding inclusiveness, communal amity and freedom ...