In Islamic tradition, one of the few symbols that have often been misunderstood is the hijab. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to ...

KENT COUNTY, MI – A Muslim woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Kent County Sheriff’s Department after she says he was forced to remove a religious head covering for a booking photo. Jannah Hague ...

Charlie Weimers says he expects broad support for his initiative, but other lawmakers slammed it as sexist and Islamophobic.

A wide-brim straw hat provided shade for April Slater on the balmy afternoon of July 25 at the Mesa Urban Garden. Beads of perspiration collected on her smiling face as framed by her hijab, an Islamic ...

CAIRO, EGYPT - The origin of the debate could not be more intimate: what a woman chooses to wear before she leaves home. But the increasing popularity of the full Muslim face veil has set off an ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Veils and head coverings represent a cultural reverse in western China's Xinjiang region, said the top Communist Party boss in Kashgar, the city the government describes as the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Davidson County sheriff provided a declaration in a federal lawsuit about his department's policy surrounding arrestees who wear religious head coverings. Layla Soliz, who ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Muslim woman from Grand Rapids is suing Kent County after she says she was forced to remove her head covering for a jail booking photo. The 29-page lawsuit alleges Jannah Hague ...

London — There was concern on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed in South Korea on Sunday without wearing the head covering required of all women by her country's ...

A San Antonio firefighter alleged in a federal complaint that three of his supervisors discriminated against him by asking him to take off his taqiyah, a prayer cap worn by Muslim men for religious ...