Women around the world are burning headscarves to mark No Hijab Day, in solidarity with those forced to wear a veil. A wave of angry protest recently erupted in Iran when women climbed telecom boxes ...

Reporting from HOUSTON — When Leilah Abdennabi showed up for a lunch date at a popular Austin, Texas, cafe this week, she was surprised to find her friend crying. Through tears, her friend Sirat ...

A bill to ban all "ostensibly religious" clothing and symbols, including headscarves, during competitions will be debated from Tuesday in the upper house of the French parliament. Amnesty ...

Here is a look at legislation and debate about face-covering Muslim veils and Muslim headscarves in various countries: — FRANCE: France on Monday became the first country to enact a law designed to ...

TEHRAN, Iran – You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They’re everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and ...

France's highest administrative court said Thursday the country's soccer federation is entitled to ban headscarves in competitions even though the measure can limit freedom of expression. The Council ...

In a café at Istanbul Arel University, a group of friends — secular and religious, Kurdish and Turkish — gather to talk about their country’s changing identity. One topic of discussion among two of ...

Experts say the lack of legal clarity is unsustainable. Sept. 22, 2013— -- The German court system has a patchwork of rules and regulations about whether female lawyers should be permitted to ...

Not long after winning reelection in a landslide this summer, the mildly pro-Islamic Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is pressing ahead with one of the most sensitive issues in Turkish ...

BRUSSELS — Companies in the European Union can ban employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, if they need to do so to project an image of neutrality to customers, the E.U.'s top ...