Hijab Ban

Indian Muslim girls forced to remove hijab, others protest as schools open

Students and parents say it was humiliating to be asked to take off the hijab before entering the schools in southern Karnataka state where right-wing BJP government banned the Islamic headgear.

‘How is this not apartheid?’: Muslims in India denounce hijab ban

A ban on religious clothing in schools in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has sparked outrage and protests across the country.

Court says no to religious clothes until verdict over India hijab ban

Court in southern Karnataka state asks students not to "insist on wearing religious dress" and wait for its verdict –– an order activists say suspends constitutional rights to practice religion and freedom of conscience.

Hijab-wearing Indian woman lauded for standing up to far-right Hindu mob

Social media hails Muskan Khan, a Muslim student, for confronting members of a far-right group outside a college in southern Karnataka state, as protests widen in the country over a ban on Islamic headgear.

The hijab: A French obsession that should have expired during the pandemic

In the face of a health and economic crisis ravaging the country, France’s hang-up over Muslim women’s clothing is bordering on farcical.

Protests against classroom hijab ban grow in India

Hundreds of people have gathered in the southern Karnataka state to protest against the hijab ban in classrooms that started at a government school last month and spread to several others since.

‘Forcing women out of clothing is just as violent as forcing them into it’

Norway’s women’s beach handball team being fined for wearing shorts instead of bikinis is the latest example of sexism in sport. But the lack of outrage for Muslim and racialised female atheltes should not escape us.

Critics say EU court ruling on headscarves reinforces Islamophobia

Faith groups and thousands of women say EU court order allowing firms to ban employees from wearing headscarf under certain conditions pushes for "businesses to adopt Islamophobic hiring practices."

Macron party head warns candidate in headscarf won't get party support

Stanislas Guerini, who helped found President Macron's centrist movement in 2016, threatens to pull back support for Sara Zemmahi, who is running for office in the southern city of Montpellier.

Brussels company fined 50,000 Euros for discriminating a hijabi woman

Labour court concluded that the company rejected a Muslim woman’s job application because of her faith and gender.

France allows girls to consent to sex at 15, but bans hijab until 18

France appears set to make the lives of Muslim women harder with additional laws on what they are allowed to wear.

Muslims campaign against Swiss referendum on banning face veils

Opinion polls suggest a majority of Swiss will back the face veil ban, while campaigners argue that it’s about Islamophobia and controlling women in the public sphere.