Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a day for both Muslim ...

ALBAWABA - Iran ended compulsory hijab, abolished morality police, and Iranian women are burning hijabs in the streets.

Muslim women have spoken about how wearing the hijab is “empowering” in the face of a new poll that has revealed almost half of Britons believe that women are pressured into putting it on. The survey ...

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

Women in Iran are increasingly testing the boundaries of the country's strict Islamic dress code but a law requiring women to ...

But a man in the crowd didn’t see a scholar. He looked at me with disgust, circling his finger around his face to mimic my ...

As the societal clash between secular norms and inclusive values persists, restrictions on Islamic headscarves in national ...

While Iran’s parliament passed a law late last year imposing more severe penalties - including a sharp increase in fines - ...

In Islamic tradition, one of the few symbols that have often been misunderstood is the hijab. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to ...

Human rights advocates say hijab bans in sports “need to go” as they “deny a space for women themselves”. France banned its athletes from using the Muslim head covering when they competed in last year ...