The word hijab describes the act of covering up generally ... It is worn with an accompanying headscarf. The burka is the most concealing of all Islamic veils. It is a one-piece veil that covers ...

The hijab is typically a scarf that covers the hair ... and sometimes with a separate transparent eye veil. The burka is the most concealing - covering the entire face and body, leaving just ...

Ms Khan and millions of Muslim women in India wear the hijab and the burka every day - but the choice has turned controversial in recent weeks. It started when students at a pre-university college ...

the burqa or burka, which covers the entire body, leaving only a mesh screen to look through; the niqab, a veil for the face which leaves only the eyes clear; and the hijab, a scarf which covers ...

Mumbai: A college in Mumbai, on Wednesday, after banning hijab and burqa in its classrooms, argued before the Bombay High Court that the ban was only meant to enforce a uniform dress code.

Today, Wednesday, June 26, the Bombay High Court (HC) refused to interfere in a decision taken by a city-based college to impose a ban on the hijab, burka and naqab on its premises.

ONE of my friends mentions that she used to wear a burqa and hijab, but her clothing choices were influenced not by her own ...

Historically, in times of external threats, women’s bodies have been at the centre as the most contended element of the ...

Whether a simple headscarf or a head-to-toe cover such as the chaddor or burka, Muslim women’s covered dress has meaning for many far beyond ... and there is no scholarly consensus as to how it ...

Extreme restrictions on media workers mean life in Afghanistan – including human rights abuses – will go undocumented, ...

Voters at polling booths will be identified as per election rules but with due respect to their cultural values, Chief ...

Generations of engineers, scientists and economists have been technology neutral but most have found that nuclear power in ...