When non-Muslim women across New Zealand draped scarves on their heads last month to show their solidarity with Muslims a week after the horrific massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, it was ...

The French Senate in 2022 voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caitlin Killian, Drew University (THE CONVERSATION) Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the ...

When it comes to women’s clothing, Islam has very high standards. According to Islamic piety, it must be long, loose, and free of any clearance, and it must cover the full body. However, there are ...

Celebrated on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is a “recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.” A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in ...

The decision to wear the hijab is deeply personal and varies significantly from one individual to another The hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim women who feel it is a part of their religion, is ...

For some Muslim women in France, it’s all but impossible to swim in a public pool and stay true to their beliefs. Many stay covered as part of their faith with garments such as hijabs, which cover the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

Muslim students commemorated the World Hijab Day with a sensitisation rally in some parts of Lagos State last Monday. MIFTAUDEEN RAJI (300-Level Mass Communication, University of Lagos) reports.