Muslim women speak about how wearing the hijab is a personal choice, as a new poll suggests only a quarter of the British ...

A recent YouGov polling found that 49% of respondents believe most British Muslim women are pressured to wear the hijab.

Muslim African-American women in the U.S. sometimes wear a hijab to signal their religious affiliation. They also want to dispel the assumption that all African-Americans are Christians, and that only ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country's Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It’s the first ...

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The women's pushback also lays bare schisms in Iran that had been veiled for decades. Authorities have made legal threats and closed down some businesses serving women not wearing the hijab.

'The Youth Are Fearless' The hijab became compulsory two years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The law requires women and girls over the age of 9 to wear a head scarf in public.

Leader and Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen has called on Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa to intervene immediately and ...

Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating ...

Women who wear hijab are among the highest risk for developing traction alopecia, yet they are likely underrepresented in alopecia studies, according to a letter in Journal of the American Academy ...

The wife of Iran’s president said in a new interview Sunday that the country’s new hijab law is being implemented "out of respect for women," even as violators could face 10 years in prison.

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran's government pushes back May 11, 2023 at 4:00 a.m. by NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL / Associated Press ...