KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — As Sri Lanka’s long civil war ended in this once-contested region along its eastern coast, Muslim women eager to show their piousness began wearing the black niqab veil to ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi online newspaper says Oman is proposing that women be banned from wearing face veils when driving. Al-Watan said Tuesday Oman made the proposal at a meeting of Gulf ...

Europe’s traditions of secular tolerance appear to be haunted by the Islamic veil. Every week seems to bring new headlines announcing moves to crack down on the wearing of what critics appear to deem ...

TORONTO (AP) — A female witness can wear a religious veil that covers her face while testifying in court in certain circumstances, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday in a split decision in a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In a new bid to curtail Islamist influence in society, the Egyptian ...

Syria has banned women wearing the niqab from attending its universities. JERUSALEM, July 20, 2010 -- In a highly unusual move, the Syrian regime announced a nationwide, immediate ban on women wearing ...

There is a growing push in the UK to hold a national debate about whether the British government should step in to stop young Muslim women having the veil – quote – “imposed” on them. This is being ...

Anne Applebaum, a Washington Post columnist, reminded me how far apart cultures of different races can be. On Wednesday, the Herald carried Applebaum's column, in which she wrote about a Muslim woman ...

PARIS — The world’s first ban on Islamic face veils took effect Monday in France, meaning that women may bare their breasts in Cannes but not cover their faces on the Champs-Elysees. Two veiled women ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's High Administrative Court overturned on Wednesday a ban on female students wearing the niqab, or full face veil, in university examinations, saying it violated women's ...