The French Senate in 2022 voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, ...

When non-Muslim women across New Zealand draped scarves on their heads last month to show their solidarity with Muslims a week after the horrific massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, it was ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Modify Thrift, which opened last May, aims to offer modest, stylish outfits that while debunking stereotypes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caitlin Killian, Drew University (THE CONVERSATION) Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the ...

Muslim women who wear hijab, the traditional headscarf, have been on edge since the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino. One of the two shooters, Tashfeen Malik, wore hijab herself. Lately, after ...

In October, Canadians voted out Stephen Harper's Conservative Party in favor of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party. The election sideshow that captivated me most centered on whether a Muslim immigrant ...

There are many things to fear about the coming presidency of Donald J. Trump, but many of the obvious nightmare scenarios won’t roll out until after the inauguration in January. For some people, ...

For some Muslim women in France, it’s all but impossible to swim in a public pool and stay true to their beliefs. Many stay covered as part of their faith with garments such as hijabs, which cover the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a ...