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 ...

More than 20 countries already ban or restrict burqas and niqabs (full-body and face coverings) worn by some Muslim women.

A Kogi man, Limson Makanaki, shared photos with a woman wearing a niqab. “See her here. If you like expose yourself, we go ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, who has lobbied for a burqa ban in Britain, has been accused of ...

The Islamic veil is a garment used by Muslim women to cover certain parts of the body. In the most common form, known as hijab, it covers only the head; longer versions, such as the burka and niqab, ...

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 ...

Qatar has given one million dollars to UN Women "in an effort to strengthen its commitment to promoting the empowerment of ...

The niqab – usually referred to erroneously in Britain as the burqa – is a marginal trend across most Muslim traditions; both ...

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Mothin Ali, deputy leader of the Green Party, has accused Robert Jenrick of racism for wanting to ban the burka – a strange ...

Two Muslim women in Portugal who wear the hijab have spoken out against a ban on the burka, saying that it threatens women’s ...

Portugal’s parliament has approved a draft bill that would prohibit “face covering in public spaces,” explicitly targeting garments such as the niqab and burqa worn for religious or gender-related ...