Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of coverings worn by Muslim women all over the world. Some women wear a headscarf to cover their head and hair, while others wear a burka or ...

A public-opinion poll ordered by Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier this year found overwhelming support among Canadians for the requirement that women remove their niqabs or burkas at citizenship ...

One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...

Niqab is the term used to refer to the piece of cloth which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women. Niqab is different from hijab. Hijab refers to covering everything except the hands and face.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-- Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, clashed verbally on Wednesday as the law took effect in ...

This month authorities in Syria banned the niqab at public universities. The minister of higher education said that the face veil, which some Muslim women wear on campus, runs counter to academic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman wearing a traditional niqab. (Photo: Getty) An 18-year-old Muslim student in Germany can no longer legally wear the veil ...

A Muslim lady stuns many on the internet after she removes her hijab, which she had worn consistently for the past 13 years, ...

It's been nearly a year since 18-year-old Fatima began wearing the niqab, a loose cloak that covers her from head to toe, leaving only her eyes exposed. The Dushanbe resident, who declined to provide ...

(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 ...