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How anti-Muslim bias on campus harms students’ education
By Tasmiha Khan — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Some students and their advocates say anti-Muslim bias is as much a problem as discrimination against other ethnic or racial groups.
Former London Fashion Week designer pivots to modest fashion market
By Joseph Hammond — December 22, 2021
(RNS) — After being wrongfully imprisoned for two years in the U.K., Elle B. Mambetov has taken her once famed luxury brand and focused it on modest fashion, aimed at Muslim women.
European diversity campaign celebrating Hijab ended after French backlash
By Joseph Hammond — November 8, 2021
(RNS) — A Council of Europe spokesperson told the BBC the organization had taken down the campaign tweets, 'while we reflect on a better presentation of the project.'
Illinois passes legislation to allow student athletes to wear hijab without waivers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 24, 2021
(RNS) — The Inclusive Athletic Attire Act allows all student athletes to modify their uniforms in keeping with their religion, culture or personal preferences for modesty.
Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
By Kalpana Jain — September 6, 2021
(The Conversation) — Day 5 our Understanding Islam series. For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim women’s clothing isn’t entirely about faith. It has been used – and is still used – as an assertion of identity.
EU court rules employers can limit religious symbols
By Associated Press — July 15, 2021
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that employers may forbid the wearing of visible symbols of religious or political belief, such as headscarves. But the Luxembourg-based tribunal said in its ruling that courts in the bloc’s 27 member states should weigh up whether the ban corresponded to a “genuine need” on […]
Across Africa, hijab in schools divides Christians and Muslims
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 15, 2021
(RNS) — Some religious experts believe hijab should be banned from schools to create a learning environment free of religious influences.
Swiss narrowly back proposal to ban face coverings in public
By Geir Moulson — March 8, 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters narrowly approved on Sunday a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters.
End of religious headwear rule says athletes are more than their uniforms
By Dilshad Ali — February 22, 2021
(RNS) — Why should Muslims need permission to wear a hijab, or anyone for that matter, whatever their religious observance?
One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
By Anna Piela — February 3, 2021
(The Conversation) — Women reported decreased levels of the kinds of prejudice they experienced before the pandemic.
Muslim woman sues Los Angeles Police Department for forcibly removing her hijab
By Alejandra Molina — September 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Los Angeles Police Department, according to the lawsuit, violated Nusaiba Mubarak’s First Amendment rights by forcibly removing her headscarf without her permission in public.
After arrest, teenage Muslim protester and volunteer medic made to remove hijab for booking photo
By Aysha Khan — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — Civil rights advocates are accusing Miami correctional officers of violating the teen’s religious rights.
My surprising journey to hijab fashion
By Erin Smith — June 8, 2020
(RNS) — At no point did I ever expect that a simple curiosity about other languages and faiths would somehow lead to me becoming the designated hijab stylist on photoshoot sets, writing blog posts about modest dressing or spending my days thinking about innovations for products for women who wear hijab.
Muslim runner’s disqualification inspires Ohio bill to end hijab waiver requirements
By Aysha Khan — February 27, 2020
(RNS) — A bill introduced in the Ohio Senate to allow student athletes to wear religious apparel without obtaining waivers was inspired by a Muslim teen who was disqualified from a track meet due to her hijab.
Religious groups applaud new Air Force rules allowing turbans, hijabs, beards
By Aysha Khan — February 13, 2020
(RNS) — The new guidelines allow personnel to request a waiver to wear religious apparel, including turbans and hijabs, and to have unshorn hair or beards for religious reasons.
