Protests have broken out as some schools begin preventing students and teachers from attending classes.

India, Oct. 12 -- The strict enforcement of a new school dress code in Azerbaijan has effectively banned female students and teachers from wearing the hijab, igniting significant public outrage and ...

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 day for both Muslim ...

As pupils protested, the Baku City Education Department announced that it would conduct monitoring visits to schools.

Two women in Iran were arrested after a man threw yogurt on them for not wearing the hijab at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz, according to a video and report published by the Mizan News ...

Lina Boussaha joined a team in Saudi Arabia so she could wear her head scarf while playing the sport she calls “a part of my soul.” By Sarah Hurtes Photographs by Iman Al-Dabbagh Sarah Hurtes reported ...

The French court ruled that federations are free to set their own rules for clothing and equipment at events. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images France's highest administrative court said on Thursday ...

Fatuma Yusuf faces and embraces the challenges of being a woman who wears the hijab in the modeling industry. Her sister, RadioActive’s Maymuna Yusuf, has her story. [RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s ...

Hassane is an undergraduate student majoring in business. She lives in San Diego. We have yet again borne witness to another conflict in the world regarding the hijab. As many are aware, recent events ...

(RNS) — A Muslim woman living in France, parts of India or Quebec, in Canada, who publicly wears the hijab is faced with all manner of restrictions, if not outright bans, under a variety of laws and ...

History was made at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide during Morocco's clash with South Korea when Nouhaila Benzina entered the field. When the 25-year-old defender made her first ever appearance at the ...