The commission’s main focus was on Muslim head scarves, which have been a divisive issue in France as its West African and Arab minorities continue to grow. The commission said Islamic leaders ...

Iran’s National Security Council has halted implementation of the controversial headscarf law.“The Security Council has instructed us not to implement the hijab (headscarf) law,” said Parliament ...

There is a fascinating connection between what President Barack Obama said about head scarves for women in his ... Arab and North African descent in France who support that country’s 2004 ...

Even Rhoda’s iconic head scarves mostly were made from found fabrics ... who started wearing scarves after reading a story about African dress in National Geographic, the style maker says ...

Red: Veil or head scarf is banned; Yellow: Veil or head scarf was previously banned; Green: Veil or head scarf is mandatory. The European Court of Human Rights has upheld France's controversial la ...

Johannesburg - An eNCA reporter has hit out at her employer after alleging that her video clip was never aired because she was wearing an African-inspired head dress. Nontobeko Sibisi said, in a ...

France has quietly begun expelling Muslim girls for wearing head scarves to public schools in defiance of a new law banning conspicuous religious symbols, treading carefully for fear of ...

Though the headwraps originate in Africa, Haynes said that they can be worn by any creed or color. “Head wrapping for us is a bridge,” she added. “It opens up conversation, because there’s ...

After protests that shook Iran and led to countless women opting to remove their head scarves, patrols of morality police have been seen on the streets once more following months of relative ...

BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday upheld a head scarf ban at secondary schools in Flanders, Belgium's northern region. Students at Flemish ...