Another group of Muslim women who do wear hijab claims a feminist reason ... though a smaller number also recommend a face-veil (niqab) and gloves. However, despite general agreement today that this ...

Sexual expression is viewed as an individual choice. Thus, the Muslim veils and gender restrictions are viewed as gender oppression. From a Muslim world-view, modesty is a central part of worship ...

A German Muslim woman has gone to court in Berlin - she wanted to obtain an exemption from the requirement to wear a nikab in order to be allowed to ...

A hijab is a veil worn by certain Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family. Muslim women from 140 countries worldwide celebrate world Hijab Day on 1 February each ...

(JTA) — Swiss voters passed a referendum on banning face-covering veils, prompting the country’s Muslim and Jewish groups to protest that infringement on religious freedoms. The Swiss ...

The authorities in the southern state of Jubaland imposed a ban on the niqab -- a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women -- in the port city of Kismayo in 2021 for security reasons, although ...

Three Saudi women who refused to remove their face veils at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport have ... contradicts France's principles of secularism and women's rights. Some Muslim groups say it ...