NEW ZEALAND-One week after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 and injuring dozens, women across the nation wore headscarves to show solidarity with Muslims. A doctor in Auckland, Thaya Ashman, came up with the idea to encourage people to wear a headscarf ...

TEHRAN: Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported on Friday. Those arrested were accused of public order offences and referred to the state ...

Turkey’s army is lifting a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday.The move, ordered by the defence ministry, applies to female officers working in the general staff and command headquarters ...

LONDON: In yet another case of hate crime one Muslim girl was thrashed on the streets of London by two English youth.Muslim woman was pushed to the ground and dragged by her headscarf on Wednesday in a busy London shopping quarter in what is being probed as a hate crime.The woman, in her 20s, was ...

ISTANBUL: (APP) Turkey has for the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of their uniform, according to a ruling published in the official gazette Saturday.Women serving in the police force "will be able to cover their heads" under their caps or berets so long as the ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Kashmiri female student asked to remove head scarf before appearing in AIPMT. While appearing in All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) Kashmiri female students were not allowed to appear in test wearing headscarf. The students told media men that they were forced to appear in exams ...