A girl in a burqa and a Hindu man accompanying her were harassed and assaulted in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

The headscarf controversy in Turkish Cypriot schools after a regulation governing school dress was changed to authorise schoolgirls to cover their heads raises human rights issues the European Court ...

It feels like they’re trying to limit our freedoms each time a little more,” says Eberena, a passionate athlete who trains ...

An Iranian court has handed two Iranian film directors suspended jail terms over a film that angered authorities in the ...

The new legislation aims to forbid the head covering in all professional and amateur competitions countrywide. Read more at ...

In February the French Parliament's upper chamber, the Senate, backed a bill that would ban the wearing of the headscarf in sports competitions. It is a sign of sport has become the latest excuse ...

Layla Soliz sued Knox County and the sheriff after a mugshot showing her without her religious headscarf was shared publicly. Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro ...

My Favourite Cake’ directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam receive 14-month suspended prison sentences in Iran. The film’s heroine is seen without a headscarf, and the filmmakers were accused ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

Knox County has agreed to pay a Muslim woman $71,500 in a partial settlement ... for publishing a mugshot of her without her religious headscarf. While Knox County agreed to pay her monetary ...