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A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battlegroundIran's theocracy aims to enforce mandatory headscarf use by targeting businesses, increasing the punishments for uncovered women and the bu...- Morocco's Benzina makes history with hijab at Women's World CupNouhaila Benzina, a Moroccan defender, has become the first player to wear a hijab in a Women's World Cup game during Morocco's match again...
- France's highest administrative court says the soccer federation can ban headscarves in matchesThe French soccer federation bans women from wearing headscarves in official matches, as well as at competitions it organizes. It's not in ...
- Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in HeratThe Taliban have prohibited women and families from restaurants with green spaces in Afghanistan's Herat province, following complaints abo...
- Karnataka hijab ban: SC to set up bench to hear plea of Muslim girls for nod to take exam in headscarfInitially, the CJI said the matter will be listed for hearing after Holi vacations. The examinations are scheduled to be held after five da...
- Hijab case: Chief Justice of India assures a decision on listingFollowing the apex court's split verdict on the issue of the ban on wearing the headscarf, girls in hijab are not being permitted to take t...
- Expected unanimous decision from SC on hijab issue, say Asaduddin OwaisiWhile Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals challenging the March 15 judgment of the Karnataka High Court, which had refused to lift t...
- Nobody prohibited from wearing Hijab, question is about restrictions in schools: SCThe apex court was hearing arguments on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in ...
- Saudi woman activist Salma Al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years in prison for using TwitterSalma al-Shehab is a Ph.D. student at the University of Leeds in Britain. Shehab had openly tweeted about Saudi women's rights in the other...
- 23 girl students suspended in Karnataka for staging demo seeking permission to wear Hijab inside classroomsThe girls have been insisting upon wearing Hijab despite the Karnataka High Court ruling in March this year on the issue that head scarf is...
- SC rejects plea for immediate hearing in Karnataka hijab caseA three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana rejected a plea for an immediate hearing sought by some Karnataka students agai...
- BJP leaders welcome K'taka HC order upholding hijab banThe Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls Coll...
- There is no ban on wearing Hijab in India, says NaqviNaqvi noted that "Hunar Haat", which is an "Efficient Effort to Empower" artisans and craftsmen, has provided employment and job opportunit...
- Karnataka: Hearing in hijab case concludedOn Friday it asked contending parties to make written submissions if they had more arguments. The petitioners had moved the court after the...
- BJP's Sakshi Maharaj demands law against hijabKarnataka High Court will continue hearing on Friday various petitions challenging the ban on headscarves in educational institutes.
- Resume classes; don't wear anything that instigates: Karnataka High Court to hijab case petitionerA full HC bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices JM Khazi and Krishna S Dixit said it wanted the matter resolved at the earli...
- It is woman's right to decide what she wants to wear, stop harassing: Priyanka Gandhi"Whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear," Gandhi tweeted. ...
- Top EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions"A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religious beliefs in the workplace may be justified...
- UK Sikhs worried over Europe headscarf ban; say 3 lakh at risk"We are less worried about this decision in a UK context. In the UK, we are open-minded and appreciate and accept differences... Our main w...
- Deoband asks Islamic nations to pressure Europe against burqa banDarul Uloom, the spiritual home for the arch-conservative Deobandi school of Islam, on Monday asked Muslim countries to work for lifting th...
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