The niqab is a model of presence in which one side reads the facial expressions of those around her, but they cannot read ...

CAIRO (AP) — Across the Middle East and elsewhere, some conservative Muslim women only look out at the world around them from behind the niqab. For most, the niqab is a choice. They do so out of their ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi online newspaper says Oman is proposing that women be banned from wearing face veils when driving. Al-Watan said Tuesday Oman made the proposal at a meeting of Gulf ...

What clothes women are allowed to wear and whether or not men can have bushy beards are being debated again in Muslim-majority Central Asia, this time in Kyrgyzstan. The parliament of the former ...

The lawsuit reads, “There is no legal source that authorizes an academic institution to prevent a student from participating ...

What is missing from these debates is the voice of women themselves. Few policymakers ask how women feel about being told ...

Skit maker Alaga Lamba faces criticism from Muslim human rights groups, including THURIST and MURIC, for ridiculing women’s ...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned an upcoming movie featuring Nancy Isime and other actresses wearing purdah (Niqab) and brandishing weapons, describing it as “satanic” and “Islamophobic ...

An American woman disguised in a niqab whose gun jammed in a failed assassination plot has been jailed for 30 years. Aimee Betro tried to shoot shop owner Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his ...

Police have issued several on-the-spot fines since the ban came into effect in April but the hearing saw the first two court-issued fines, and the pair vowed to appeal their case all the way to the ...

"The burka makes women invisible and goes against dignity and equality". The legislation proposed by Vox would prohibit the ...