hijab
EU court allows companies to ban headscarves. What will be the impact on Muslim women?
By Z. Fareen Parvez — March 19, 2017
(The Conversation) The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that interprets EU law issued a landmark judgment on March 14 that upheld the right of private companies in EU member countries to enact policies barring employees from wearing “religious, political and philosophical signs” in the interest of “neutrality.” Such visible signs range from […]
EU headscarf ban ruling sparks faith group backlash
By Reuters — March 14, 2017
BRUSSELS (Reuters) The judgment on that and a French case came on the eve of a Dutch election in which Muslim immigration is a key issue and weeks before France votes for a president in a similarly charged campaign.
3 Muslim Americans on their lives today: Facing new obstacles
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 9, 2017
(RNS) 'Muslims have always dealt with feeling misunderstood, but this is altogether something different,' said 24-year-old Nadia Dreid.
Nike to launch ‘Pro Hijab’ for Muslim women athletes
By Aysha Khan — March 7, 2017
(RNS) The new product, developed with help from hijab-wearing Olympians in the UAE, will be commercially available in spring 2018.
In a hijab at the inauguration, Muslim woman says: Here I am
By Lauren Markoe — January 20, 2017
(RNS) Baraa Ktiri quoted a Kanye West lyric to explain her decision to attend Trump's inauguration: "My presence is a present."
Austrian minister calls for headscarf ban for public servants
By Reuters — January 6, 2017
(Reuters) But Christian crosses, widespread in staunchly Catholic Austria, should be allowed in classrooms, he said, referring to the country's 'historically grown culture.'
Army: Soldiers can wear turbans, beards, hijabs
By Adelle M. Banks — January 5, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Sikh Americans hailed the decision, which they have sought for years.
Assaults on Muslim women force some to rethink hijab
By Yonat Shimron — December 12, 2016
(RNS) Many Muslim women would never think of giving it up, even as it exposes them to assaults. But some say the situation has become intolerable.
In the name of freedom, porn is trashing our lives
By Tahir Nasser — September 20, 2016
(RNS) Fourteen hundred years ago, the Quran warned that the spreading of indecent acts such as pornography only results in pain and misery for society.
When did ‘modesty’ become a dirty word?
By guest — September 8, 2016
(RNS) Why not let it all hang out? The Quran has the answer.
Pressure to allow hijab in basketball mounts as decision looms
By Kimberly Winston — August 10, 2016
(RNS) Will women's basketball soon permit the hijab?
Ibtihaj Muhammad: First US Olympian to compete in hijab
By Aysha Khan — August 8, 2016
(RNS) Thirty-year-old fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history as the first American Olympian to compete in a hijab – and then won a medal, too.
Muslims celebrate lifting of Lagos hijab ban
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 22, 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Muslims in Nigeria are celebrating a court ruling that lifted a ban on girls in public school wearing the hijab in Lagos state.
Hijab is not another word for freedom
By guest — June 6, 2016
Let’s not be fooled by Ramadan clothing ads or well-intentioned intellectuals into thinking that hijab is a means of self- or fashion expression.
DC library officer who demanded hijab removal back at work
By Lauren Markoe — April 5, 2016
He said he thought it was a hoodie. But there are no rules against hoodies.
