Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to another year in prisonNobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Iran, received an additional one-year sentence for activism, including urging vo...
Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdownOne of the offices of Digikala, Iran's largest e-commerce company, has been shut down by authorities after pictures were posted online show...
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 ...
Iran seals 150 businesses in headscarf crackdownThe closures were announced a day after police said they have now implemented a plan to deal with women who violate the law, using surveill...
This is why Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi 'cancelled' interview with CNN anchor Christiane AmanpourCNN’s Christiane Amanpour tweeted that an aide to the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi approached her, saying the interview could not happen...
SC issues notice to Karnataka on pleas against HC order refusing to lift ban on hijabThe bench pulled up some of the petitioners, who sought adjournment in the matter, and said it would not permit "this kind of forum shoppin...
Hijab row resurfaces; Muslim girl students accused of wearing headscarves in class"We have been demanding the implementation of the High Court order, despite us submitting memoranda to college authorities, they were not i...
You still have a chance to stop our future from getting ruined: Muslim girl student to Karnataka CMFollowing the High Court order last month upholding the state government's decision not to allow hijabs in classrooms, Aliya Assadi, who wa...
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...
Karnataka: Hijab innocent display of faith, not jingoism, says petitioners' counsel Devadatt KamatDevadatt Kamat referred to a judgement of a South African court where a Hindu girl was permitted to wear a nose ring to school. "This case ...
Karnataka Notification Violates Article 25 of Constitution: PetitionersThe Karnataka notification allowed college development committees to prescribe uniforms, but they don't have the backing of law, petitioner...
New twist to hijab row: Allow us to wear headscarf matching colour of school uniform, say students to HC"I am not only challenging the GO but also asking for a positive mandate for allowing me to wear a headscarf of the same colour of the unif...
A girl in hijab will be country's PM one day: Asaduddin Owaisi"If a girl decides to wear Hijab and asks her parents to do so and when her parents allow her to wear it, who can stop her from wearing it?...
Appeal to everyone to maintain peace: Bommai says ahead of HC hearing on 'hijab' rowSpeaking to reporters after landing in the national capital, Bommai said, "The matter is before the high court and it will be decided there...
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universitiesEducation minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said female university students would be required to wear a hijab but did not elaborate on whether ...
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...
Christchurch women show solidarity with Muslim victims, wear headscarvesMany are wearing a headscarf for the first time.