Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national spokesperson Waris Pathan, describing the hijab and burqa as a symbol of women's honour, ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered all women to cover their faces, the latest in a series of restrictions that have drawn criticism from many Afghans and the international community. The ...

Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a mandate over the weekend ordering women to cover up fully, ideally with the traditional all-covering burqa. The diktat was ...

Viral Video: A disturbing video from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh has stirred anger following a video on social media, where a group of young men clad in burqas and dancing to a song from the contentious ...

The practice of covering the hair is rooted in modesty, faith, and identity. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to millions of ...

MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulled down a Muslim doctor’s hijab leading to an uproar. Opposition leaders from the Congress criticised Kumar while some politicians from the Bharatiya ...