New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office posted a celebratory message on World Hijab Day, calling the head covering the "identity and pride" of Muslim women. The newly elected leader's post comes ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan was seen on a Somali TV station wearing a hijab at a mall, as a widespread fraud scandal implicating some Somalis plagues the state. "The ...

Student officer PC Seher Nas says she feels "proud and empowered as a Muslim woman" when wearing the hijab A hijab featuring a magnetic "quick-release system" designed to help female Muslim police ...

A hijab featuring a magnetic "quick-release system" designed to help female Muslim police officers on patrol has been put into production. The headwear has been created by researchers at De Montfort ...

Last week, Khamenei's office faced backlash from some ultraconservatives. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday delivered a staunch defence of the hijab as more women flout the ...

With minimalist pins, sculptural brooches and sleek caps, hijab styling is becoming more creative. Malaysian women are blending modesty with modernity by using accessories, adding an edge and a ...

On a recent evening in the north of Iran’s capital of Tehran, a young woman with long hair fashioned into a high ponytail hopped onto a motorcycle behind a male companion. Not far away, two other ...

The parents of a Class 8 student at the St. Rita’s Public School at Palluruthy in Kochi have decided to shift her to another school as part of the efforts to end the controversy that erupted after the ...

From Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, recent hijab-related controversies in Indian schools and colleges have reignited national debate over religious freedom and institutional dress codes. Incidents include ...

Photos and videos of women in Iran burning their hijabs and walking in the streets freely without a veil have circulated on social media in the past few weeks, with people mentioning that Iran has ...

Kochi: A controversy over a student being denied permission to wear a hijab (headscarf) at a school in Kerala’s Ernakulam district appeared to have been resolved on Tuesday, with the student’s father ...

Court steps in after clash over student’s hijab at St. Rita’s Public School in Ernakulam Dubai: A church-run school in Kerala’s Ernakulam district has become the centre of a political and communal ...