Officials at cairo university point to potential security threats Calls for promoting 'correct understanding of religion' Cairo: Egyptian authorities have stepped up a controversial campaign against ...

The Netherlands’ ban on face-covering clothing, including the Islamic burqa and niqab, took effect on Thursday, but authorities say they are unwilling to enforce the controversial law. The new Dutch ...

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 ...

In October, Canadians voted out Stephen Harper's Conservative Party in favor of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party. The election sideshow that captivated me most centered on whether a Muslim immigrant ...

A 28-year-old woman became the first person in Denmark to be fined under a new law which prohibits wearing garments that cover the face in public after an incident at a shopping center on Friday.

As a photojournalist working in the Middle East since 1998, Hassan Ammar has often see women wearing the niqab--a veil that covers a woman's face out of modesty. But it wasn't until last month that ...

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The woman recorded part of her exchange with the employee on cell phone video. — -- A Muslim woman from Gary, Indiana, said she felt discriminated against after she claims a worker at a Family ...

A group of men wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit, a motorbike helmet and a Muslim niqab have tried to enter Parliament House in Canberra to argue in favour of a nationwide ban on the burka. They were met ...

Niqab is the term used to refer to the piece of cloth which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women. Niqab is different from hijab. Hijab refers to covering everything except the hands and face.

A “burqa ban” came into force in the Netherlands Thursday, but there are doubts over whether it will be applied in practice. The legislation applies to all face-covering clothing on public transport ...