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 ...

When it comes to women’s clothing, Islam has very high standards. According to Islamic piety, it must be long, loose, and free of any clearance, and it must cover the full body. However, there are ...

To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to millions of Muslim women, the hijab carries a deep personal and social meaning. At its core, ...

Few other countries has been so involved in the debate over Muslim dress as France. The strictly secular country has already banned the wearing of a full veil in public buildings and state schools, ...

Over the past two decades, women and girls in Indonesia have faced unprecedented legal and social demands to wear clothing deemed Islamic as part of broader efforts to impose the rules of Sharia, or ...

Twenty-one-year-old Alia Saleeban started wearing the headscarf when she was 14. A senior at Howard University, she hadn't been forced to make the decision; instead, she donned the head covering when ...

The sudden popularity of the hoodlike head covering has spurred a comparison to hijabs. By Anna P. Kambhampaty and Danya Issawi When Sagal Jama, a student and content creator in Toronto, noticed that ...

Don’t be surprised if we hear more about Muslim women in sports this year. Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur is the No. 2 seed at the first grand slam of the 2023 tennis season – the Australian Open, ...