Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Iraqi-American, was brutally attacked in her home in El Cajon¸ California, on March 21. She was found unconscious by her eldest daughter, with a note placed by her beaten ...

One of these widely shared posts claimed that a Christian woman was assaulted by a group of men after she was seen wearing western clothes and not wearing a burqa or hijab.

The practice of covering the hair is rooted in modesty, faith, and identity. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to millions of ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered all women to cover their faces, the latest in a series of restrictions that have drawn criticism from many Afghans and the international community. The ...

Re “An Identity Reduced to a Burka,” Opinion, Jan. 20: Of course, no woman should be forced to burn her burka or cast aside the hijab in order to advance. But Islam, more than any of the other great ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Given the reaction of some parts of the media, one could be forgiven for assuming that Europe and the rest of the ...

Lady Gaga’s increasingly daft and desperate attempts to be “shocking” and “thought-provoking” have reached a new nadir. The Italian-American singer/conceptual fashion embryo has been trying to make ...

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), stated that Muslim women should be allowed to access health services while wearing the hijab, but opposed the wearing of ...

Muslims across the country have kicked against heightened searches conducted on women wearing Islamic dresses by security men. Muslims who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH this weekend cautioned security ...

AIMIM's Waris Pathan strongly criticised Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for pulling a woman's hijab in a viral video. Calling it an insult to dignity and religious freedom, Pathan demanded an unconditional ...