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

On Wednesday (July 3), a ban on wearing the niqab, a Muslim head covering for women, was introduced. This is surprising given that followers of Islam predominantly inhabit the area. On Sunday ...

The Police Headquarters says the ban on all face coverings including Niqab and Burqa has been lifted as the State of Emergency is not exercised at present. This was mentioned in a letter addressed to ...

The Muftiate of Dagestan has announced a temporary ban on wearing niqabs, veils which cover most of one’s face ... when a local ban on wearing the niqab can be issued. On July 2, the Muftiate ...

It is unclear how many women in Quebec wear the niqab Two Canadian advocacy groups ... critics argue it marginalises Muslim women who cover their faces by limiting their access to government ...

Norway is proposing a ban on the Muslim full face veil and other face-covering clothing because ... The ban, the first in Scandinavia, targets the niqab as well as burqas, balaclavas and masks ...

The activist made the claim in a speech on Aug. 9 while wearing a niqab at a demonstration against the ban on face-covering garment, which goes into effect this month. The ban forbids wearing face ...

For International Women's Day 2021, curator Anne Lyden interviewed photographer Arpita Shah. Learn about Shah's series, Purdah, The Sacred Cloth, which captures women in Pollokshields, Glasgow, who ...

These visual clues were rendered impossible by the niqab – and this affected not just me but the other students too. I asked the college management if we had a rule about face-covering in class. We ...

For International Women's Day 2021, curator Anne Lyden interviewed photographer Arpita Shah. Learn about Shah's series, Purdah, The Sacred Cloth, which captures women in Pollokshields, Glasgow, who ...