Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world. Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or ...

There’s a burqa burglar is on the loose in the Big Apple. The NYPD is on the lookout for a burqa-wearing bandit who broke into a Queens home last week and made off with a cache of jewelry — then ...

Sri Lanka’s recent announcement banning the burqa (among other face coverings) and its shuttering of over 1,000 Islamic schools in the country is a testament to the government’s tendency to advance an ...

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools in the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. A burqa is a garment worn by some Muslim ...

For centuries, women have fought to be seen, to be heard, and to be treated as equals. We’ve battled to step out of the shadows, into workplaces, schools, governments, and the public eye. Yet today, ...

Bans on face-covering garments have been sparking intense debate worldwide. Kazakhstan has become the latest country in Central Asia to impose a public ban on face-covering garments, with President ...

Sri Lankan police announced on Tuesday that they were extending the detention of Muslim MP Rishad Bathiudeen and his younger brother Riyaj Bathiudeen for 90 more days under the country’s Prevention of ...

The CEO of an Australian Muslim women's association has labeled the "ban-the-burqa" crusader of a new political “network” as ignorant, telling The Anadolu Agency on Wednesday that the senator’s stance ...