In Uganda, where Muslims are roughly 14 per cent of the general population, modest dress code is usually the visible sign of a Muslim woman’s faith. However, at first glance, sometimes it is hard to ...

Reporting from Tehran — Conservatives calling for stricter enforcement of Islamic dress codes for women staged a public protest Wednesday in Tehran, the latest hard-line assault on the government of ...

(Moscow) - Chechen authorities are enforcing a compulsory Islamic dress code for women and condoning violent attacks on women deemed to dress immodestly, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued ...

The Dutch government is debating whether to make it a crime to wear a burqa, a form of traditional female Islamic dress that covers the entire body except for the eyes. Supporters of the ban say the ...

With its latest policy change, many are growing concerned that France is perpetuating Islamophobia. For its upcoming school year, the government is forbidding students from wearing the abaya, a modest ...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - It is a question all Iranians are asking: who is stalking the streets of Isfahan, ...

Some young attendees say the event demonstrated a more inclusive French culture taking shape.

A well-known Iranian television personality has been accused of hypocrisy after images of her in which she is not adhering to the country's Islamic dress code surfaced online. Presenter turned actress ...

The first commercial batches of dolls in Tajik national dress have arrived in shops and bazaars across the country in time for the New Year's shopping season, part of an intensified government effort ...