Iran’s parliament on Wednesday passed draconian new legislation imposing much harsher penalties on women who breach hijab rules, days after the one-year anniversary of mass protests sparked by the ...

Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after a wave of unrest in which women and girls removed their headscarves in protest following the death of a young woman who had been detained by ...

ALBAWABA - A few days after the story of the Iranian student Ahou Daryae, who stripped to underwear after being harassed by university morality police over her hijab, a schoolgirl in Iran jumped to ...

“The concern of the UNAMA for women is incorrect. The concern of the UNAMA about the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan regarding their hijab, is incorrect. Afghan women wear hijab on their own, ...

The Taliban have arrested women in Afghanistan for wearing “bad hijab” for the first time since coming to power, according to voice notes received Thursday by the AP from a spokesperson from the ...

Iran made it mandatory for women to obey the Islamic dress code shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the country's shah. Police in Iran announced a new crackdown Saturday on women ...

The Home Office has invited staff to celebrate 'World Hijab Day' even though its own asylum guidance claims being forced to adhere to religious dress codes is 'persecution'. Civil servants have been ...

Iran has launched a major new crackdown on women defying the country’s strict dress code, deploying large numbers of police to enforce laws requiring women to wear headscarves in public, according to ...

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Using the hijab among educated women is on a rapid rise in Bangladesh, according to users of the Muslim head covering and scholars. Combined social, cultural and religious values are contributing to ...