ISLAMABAD - A rare video has appeared of al-Qaida's chief praising an Indian Muslim woman who in February defied a ban on wearing the traditional headscarf, or hijab. The footage is the first proof in months that the man who was once Osama bin Laden's No. 2 is still alive. Rumors of the death of ...

Hardline Hindu groups are demanding restrictions on wearing the hijab in classrooms in more Indian states after a court upheld a ban link on the traditional Islamic headscarf in Karnataka state, worrying Muslim students who had protested against the ban. The Karnataka High Court decision on ...

TEHRAN - Iranians on social media mocked clerical rulers on Monday after the hardline judiciary arrested a teenage girl for posting on Instagram videos of herself dancing in her room. Critics of the arrest of gymnast Maedeh Hojabri, 18, used the hashtag #Dancingisnotacrime and Iranian women ...

TEHRAN - Iran has detained a teenager who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which gymnast Maedeh Hojabri, 18, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that it was not her intention, and that she was ...

JAKARTA - An Indonesian province said on Tuesday (Jan 30) it is ordering Muslim female flight attendants landing in the region to don a hijab upon arrival - or face punishment by religious police. Muslim women in Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, are required to wear the Islamic headscarf under ...

Turkey´s president Thursday accused the EU´s top court of starting a "crusade" against Islam after a ruling allowing European companies to ban employees from wearing religious or political symbols including the Islamic headscarf."The European Union´s court, The European Court of Justice, my ...

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 ...

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 ...

KUALA LAMPUR: Malaysia’s first Sharia-compliant airline launched flights on Sunday, following the tenets of Islamic law that ban alcohol, allow only halal foodstuffs, and require women to cover their hair. Rayani Air's first service, from the capital Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi, a popular ...