(RNS) — ‘It’s not like taking off someone’s hat. It’s like taking off their pants or removing their shirt,’ one expert witness told RNS.
Muslim women across the U.S. are increasingly suing jails and police for forcing them to remove hijabs during booking, citing violations of religious freedom. Recent cases, including a federal order ...
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 ...
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 ...
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In India, a group that advocates for Muslim women finds itself caught in the crossfire of the broader debate over a Uniform ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman is claiming Chicago police discriminated against her because she was dressed in traditional Muslim clothing including a hijab covering her face. She is filing a federal ...
The Copenhagen-based stylist gained 100,000 followers in just nine days ...
"You would never think, living in Canada, like, you're put in situations like this … it's overwhelming." Hussein was one of about a dozen participants of a workshop put on by Nisa Homes in Calgary on ...
Paris has held its first ever Modest Fashion Week - hosting nearly 30 designers whose collections include loose, long-cut ...
A photo in which three of the four women are wearing head coverings spread online in derogatory posts claiming the ...