Relative security improvements in Baghdad and the disappearance of militiamen and al Qaeda members from the streets have reduced the pressure on Iraqi women to wear the "hijab," or head scarf.

Kazakh schools have reinforced a ban on the Islamic hijab, a move that has prompted some female students to give in to pressure and remove their head scarves. Others, however, are asking courts to ...

Samantha Elauf says that she applied for a sales position at an Abercrombie & Fitch Kids store at a mall in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2008, but was told during her interview that her hijab, or head scarf ...

The Iranian women’s soccer team got the boot after they showed up for an Olympics qualifier match against Jordan wearing Islamic head scarves. They had been “informed thoroughly” … ...

In a social media back-and-forth, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York replied to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas that “anyone with basic ...

Islamic head scarves take fashion cuesThe Islamic religious parameters for hijab — that the entire body must be covered except for the face and hands — are broad enough to include those who ...

Fara Arefi Fara Arefi won't be at World Hijab Day, but she will be wearing a hijab as she does every day. Arefi was 17 when she decided to start wearing the scarf. Her Muslim family balked at her ...

In Malaysia, which is predominantly Muslim, some women wear the hijab, a head scarf that shows the face but covers the hair, ears and neck. And some do not. A new documentary, "Siapa Aku?" or "Who ...

I said, ‘I’m not. I am Muslim.'” When students see an African American woman wearing a head scarf, she said, they often ask where she’s from, assuming it’s a far-off country.

Shoppers wearing head scarves have been banned from a shop because the owner said they cannot be properly identified. The ruling at Whitegate Wines off-licence and Convenience Store, Padiham Road ...