TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Billboards across Iran's capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following ...

An Iranian woman tore off a cleric’s turban after he publicly berated her for not wearing a hijab in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport in an act of protest that will alarm the regime. The confrontation took ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Every year on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is celebrated. It is a day recognizing millions of women who wear the hijab. In Islam, women wear the Muslim head covering known as the Hijab to ...

Women across Iran staged a protest against their government by walking in public areas without a hijab. The protest happened on July 12 and was documented across social media by women using the ...

(RNS) — ‘It’s not like taking off someone’s hat. It’s like taking off their pants or removing their shirt,’ one expert ...

SEATTLE — A woman's hijab was stolen at knifepoint near the University of Washington on Monday. The Seattle Police Department is investigating it as a hate crime. A hijab is a head covering that some ...

A Michigan woman is suing the Kent County Sheriff's Office after she said her civil rights were violated when she was forced to remove her hijab for a mugshot that ...

After the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, large-scale protests have taken place in Iran and all over the world. Captured for alleged improper wear of the hijab, the mandatory ...

As more women appear without headscarves in Iran’s cities, many say the shift reflects changing behaviour, not real freedom ...

(RNS) — A Muslim woman living in France, parts of India or Quebec, in Canada, who publicly wears the hijab is faced with all manner of restrictions, if not outright bans, under a variety of laws and ...