Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a day for both Muslim ...

Muslim women have spoken about how wearing the hijab is “empowering” in the face of a new poll that has revealed almost half of Britons believe that women are pressured into putting it on. The survey ...

The French Senate in 2022 voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, ...

As one of the two Muslim women in the house—alongside Trinamool Congress's Sajda Ahmed—Choudhary, who represents Kairana in ...

An Afghan woman in a burqa crosses a cemetery where children are flying their kites on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. During the Eid al-Adha holidays, families often ...

Three Muslim women are suing the Franklin County Sheriff's office after they say they were forced to remove their hijabs to ...

Saadia Ahmed found her heart for service at an early age through watching her grandmother, Ayesha Sardar, a member of Bangladesh's parliament in the late 1970s and a trailblazer for women in the ...

New religious ruling states Muslim women should not travel for work without a male guardian (mahram), citing safety & ...

It’s time for the entertainment industry to evolve beyond Princess Jasmine. For the longest time, Disney’s “Aladdin” icon was the only representation many Muslim women had, allowing the only positive ...

What sparked me to write this article was the persistent and reductive narrative that resurfaced following the recent U.S.–Israel bombing of Iran. Predictably, media coverage and social media posts ...