Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Muslim-majority Central Asia to ban the Islamic niqab, a long garment that covers the body, hair, and face, except the eyes. Effective February 1, the ban ...

(JNS) Bar-Ilan University said Thursday that it has barred a student from entering campus after she violated school policy by wearing a niqab—a long garment worn by some Muslim women that covers their ...

What clothes women are allowed to wear and whether or not men can have bushy beards are being debated again in Muslim-majority Central Asia, this time in Kyrgyzstan. The parliament of the former ...

Italy's ruling party proposes banning the burqa and niqab Violators would face fines of 300-3,000 euros France was first European country to introduce blanket ban ROME, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Italy's ...

Italy's ruling Brothers of Italy party has announced plans to introduce a bill banning Muslim women from wearing the burqa and niqab in public spaces, labeling it a move against “Islamic separatism,” ...