Dutch parliament approves limited ban on burqa, niqab
Source: Associated Press By RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Ban will apply to Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab Politicians call it ‘a historical day’ in […]
Second Canadian judge suspends Quebec niqab ban
Source: Reuters BY Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – A second Canadian judge suspended Quebec’s ban on face-coverings on Thursday, handing a victory to the law’s opponents who have challenged […]
Dutch parliament approves limited ban on burqa, niqab
Source: Associated Press By RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has approved a limited ban on “face-covering clothing” in public places, including Islamic veils […]
Five truths about the hijab that need to be told
Source: The Conversation By Peter Hopkins; Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also helping to shake […]
Iran arrests two prominent supporters of anti-head scarf protests
Source: Los Angeles Times By SHASHANK BENGALI and RAMIN MOSTAGHIM Iranian authorities on Wednesday jailed a prominent human rights lawyer who has defended women who removed their mandatory Islamic head scarves in public. […]
14 New Jersey women alleging anti-Muslim bias at Newark Airport security
Source: North Jersey BY Hannan Adely, NorthJersey Fourteen women were pulled off a security line at Newark Liberty International Airport one morning last December as they waited to board a flight […]
Urdu Video: Hijab or Purdah In Modern Days — Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra) Speech of Lajna 29th July, 1995; discussing about the Hijab or Pardah in this Speech. Suggested reading Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the […]
Christian women are wearing hijabs in solidarity with Muslims during Ramadan
Source: Independent By Narjas Zatat in news Non-Muslim women across the world are wearing the hijab for 30 days as part of the Ramadan Hijab challenge. The initiative was created by the World […]
Denmark’s new burqa ban also covers beards and punishes people for living in ‘ghettoes’ – this isn’t the mark of a secular society
Source: The Independent The controversy over burqas, burkinis and beards isn’t really about clothing. It’s about the fear that immigrants might retain their non-Christian identities even while living in Western […]
Denmark’s Parliament bans wearing of face veils in public
Source: CNN Denmark’s parliament banned the wearing of face coverings in public spaces Thursday in a move that critics say will criminalize Muslim women who choose to wear the niqab […]
For some French officials, the headscarf is such a threat they are attacking a teenager
Source: The Washington Post by James McAuley PARIS — She is a 19-year-old student union president who never wanted to be a culture warrior. But this is France, and Maryam […]
Danish parliament bans the wearing of face veils in public
Source: Reuters BY Emil Gjerding Nielson, Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark has banned the wearing of face veils in public, joining France and other European countries in outlawing the […]
Burqa bans, headscarves and veils: a timeline of legislation in the west
Source: Guardian By Matthew Weaver, who received the digital editorial individual award at the AOP awards 2010. Before joining the Guardian website in 2001 he was news editor of the […]
Europeans’ Attitude Towards the Muslims: The Glass is More than Half Full
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: If we look carefully at the table by the Pew Research Center below, we realize that the glass is more than half full and is […]
French Muslim student Maryam Pougetoux hits back over headscarf claims
Source: BBC News A French student union leader who has been accused by ministers of using her headscarf for political gain has hit back, calling the claims “pathetic”. France’s interior […]
Muslim and fabulous: how the internet changed fashion for Aussie hijabistas
Source: The Guardian BY Yassmin Abdel-Magied Clothes shopping as a teenager was a nightmare for me. There were the usual teen concerns about body image, budget, and whether my booty would […]
Berlin court bars Muslim teacher from wearing headscarf
Source: BBC News A Muslim primary school teacher has lost her bid to overturn a law banning the wearing of religious clothing by public servants in Berlin. The Berlin labour […]
In hijabs and Girl Scout vests, these Kansas Muslim girls make America great again
Source: The Kansas City Star BY JENEÉ OSTERHELDT Wearing homemade tie-dye tees and a rainbow of hijabs, the members of Girl Scout Troop 4162 decorate flower pots for Earth Day. […]
Iran police’s assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
Source: Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI and MOHAMMAD NASIRI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A grainy video of female officers from Iran’s morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only […]
Austria’s government aims to ban headscarves in kindergartens
Source: Reuters International VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as […]
