Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to ...

The management of Acharya Marathe College in Chembur has defended barring hijab and burqa on campus, claiming that the diktat is aimed at improving campus placements and instilling 'etiquette ...

"Banning the burqa is a form of discrimination against a group of women. Wearing the hijab or niqab or removing them is a choice that belongs to women and to women alone, to wear whatever they ...

While the Sri Lankan government’s ban stopped short of naming the niqab, burqa or the hijab, the ban is being seen as a crackdown on the country’s Muslim community and has divided opinion in ...