CAIRO (AP) — Across the Middle East and elsewhere, some conservative Muslim women only look out at the world around them from behind the niqab. For most, the niqab is a choice. They do so out of their ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will now face fines for wearing the full-body niqab, under a January ban that has now received the backing of the country's top Islamic authority. Calling the niqab "alien to our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US hitwoman who flew to UK found guilty of niqab disguise murder plot A would-be assassin who travelled from the US to shoot a man ...

(JNS) Bar-Ilan University said Thursday that it has barred a student from entering campus after she violated school policy by wearing a niqab—a long garment worn by some Muslim women that covers their ...

An American woman disguised in a niqab whose gun jammed in a failed assassination plot has been jailed for 30 years. Aimee Betro tried to shoot shop owner Sikander Ali at point-blank range outside his ...

The Muslim Canadian Congress is lobbying to ban the burka and niqab, but authorities say apparel is a matter of individual expression. Young women who have adopted the clothes say they like the modest ...

Rula Ghani shocked the conservative Afghans when she appeared with her husband during the country's presidential campaign. Ghani a Lebanese-American of Christian heritage is set to carve out a role ...

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a woman was subjected to a racially aggravated assault at a shopping centre. The victim had her niqab - a face veil that leaves ...

Debates around the hijab in India have intensified legal and social tensions, but confusion between the hijab, burqa, and ...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned an upcoming movie featuring Nancy Isime and other actresses wearing purdah (Niqab) and brandishing weapons, describing it as “satanic” and “Islamophobic ...

A viral video capturing a white woman berating a Muslim woman for wearing a niqab at a Pretoria restaurant has ignited condemnation from human rights activists and religious leaders across South ...