This article explains what it means for women who CHOOSE to wear the niqab! The niqab, a face-covering veil worn by some ...

CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading ...

At least, thatâÄôs the assumption most Americans have and the logic behind FranceâÄôs recent veil ban. Last week, legislation came into effect in France making it illegal for Muslim women to publicly ...

as in the case of the burqa or niqab". It envisages two-year jail terms and a loss of the right to request citizenship for ...

CAIRO, Jan 30, (AFP) - Female students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges, saying that wearing the controversial face ...

AR Rahman addresses criticism over daughter Khatija’s niqab, emphasising her freedom of choice and strong individuality.

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The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban by France on wearing the Muslim full-face veil, the niqab. A case was brought by a 24-year-old French woman, who argued that the ban on wearing ...

Kyrgyzstan's official Muslim governing body has come out in favour of a government ban on full-body veils known as the niqab, as Central Asian officials seek to combat growing Islamist influence ...

The authorities in the southern state of Jubaland imposed a ban on the niqab -- a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women -- in the port city of Kismayo in 2021 for security reasons, although ...