When non-Muslim women across New Zealand draped scarves on their heads last month to show their solidarity with Muslims a week after the horrific massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, it was ...

The French Senate in 2022 voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, ...

Muslim women who wear hijab, the traditional headscarf, have been on edge since the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino. One of the two shooters, Tashfeen Malik, wore hijab herself. Lately, after ...

Believe it or not, we live in a world where Muslim women who wear hijabs are not permitted to play basketball at the national or international level. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has ...

Muslim students commemorated the World Hijab Day with a sensitisation rally in some parts of Lagos State last Monday. MIFTAUDEEN RAJI (300-Level Mass Communication, University of Lagos) reports.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about an Uzbek imam who was preaching for women to wear “traditional dress” rather than “foreign” hijabs. I expressed disappointment over the fact that, despite what seemed an ...

There are many things to fear about the coming presidency of Donald J. Trump, but many of the obvious nightmare scenarios won’t roll out until after the inauguration in January. For some people, ...

Celebrated on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is a “recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.” A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in ...

For some Muslim women in France, it’s all but impossible to swim in a public pool and stay true to their beliefs. Many stay covered as part of their faith with garments such as hijabs, which cover the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caitlin Killian, Drew University (THE CONVERSATION) Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the ...