It was a bad morning for Samantha Noyes.The stakes were high and her nerves were shot — the start of fifth grade was serious business. As she ran around her house collecting pencils and notebooks, the veil she clenched in her hands was making her particularly apprehensive.
News ID: 1474047 Publish Date : 2014/11/17
A Swiss court has overturned a ban imposed earlier by a school in the northeastern canton of Saint Gallen on Islamic hijab worn by a 13-year-old girl, labeling the ban as unjustified.
News ID: 1472929 Publish Date : 2014/11/14
Combating the Western influence in the Indonesian community, several Islamic business networks are promoting Islamic products in a campaign to preserve the Islamic values in the Muslim-majority nation.
News ID: 1471624 Publish Date : 2014/11/10
A Muslim woman is nursing a broken arm after being pushed onto a road in an unprovoked racist attack in Melbourne’s north.
News ID: 1464380 Publish Date : 2014/10/27
Friends and supporters of a Muslim woman attacked for wearing Hijab have gathered in New York City to demand justice for her.
News ID: 1462905 Publish Date : 2014/10/22
A Nigerian court on Friday said the Lagos local government had acted correctly in banning Muslim headscarves ( hijab ) at public schools, a ruling that drew the ire of the city's Muslim community, which has vowed to appeal the decision.
News ID: 1461068 Publish Date : 2014/10/18
Ten non-Muslim women, wearing hijab s and carrying flowers, have touched Canberra's Islamic community with their simple message of love and solidarity.
News ID: 1457754 Publish Date : 2014/10/07
A sports official in Oman has called on Muslim countries to protest collectively against the ban on Hijab in some sports events.
News ID: 1456286 Publish Date : 2014/10/01
Two Muslim men who have experienced the rising tension in the community since the terrorism threat level was raised in Australia said it is affecting everyone, from their wives and children to the elderly.
News ID: 1455185 Publish Date : 2014/09/29
A ruling by a Kenyan court to ban hijab in a school has outraged Muslim parents and scholars, who deemed the ruling a setback for the freedom of worship in the Eastern African country.
News ID: 1455091 Publish Date : 2014/09/29
Imagine signing up for one of the most dangerous jobs in Virginia and having to face questions every day about your religious beliefs and what you're wearing.
News ID: 1454413 Publish Date : 2014/09/27
Basketball’s world body said it was looking at its controversial headgear ban yesterday after Qatar’s women’s team quit the Asian Games in a row over their Muslim hijab s.
News ID: 1454333 Publish Date : 2014/09/27
The Qatar women's basketball team forfeited a game at the Asian Games on Wednesday after being refused permission to wear the hijab , saying they were taking a stand against what they say is a discriminatory policy against Muslim women.
News ID: 1453751 Publish Date : 2014/09/24
Turkey has lifted a decades-long ban on wearing hijab in high schools, marking a historic move that is expected to anger the country’s secularists, Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday, September 23.
News ID: 1453166 Publish Date : 2014/09/23
The first edition of a specialized Islamic magazine titled “Ayah” in Dutch was published in Brussels, Belgium.
News ID: 1452470 Publish Date : 2014/09/22
A recent survey has found that veiled British Muslim women have more positive body image, less affected by beauty standards depicted in media and place less importance on appearance than women who don't wear hijab .
News ID: 1447234 Publish Date : 2014/09/06
Czech ombudsman Anna Sabatová has stood up for the Somali student of a secondary medical school in Prague who has been forbidden to wear a headscarf at school, server Lidovky.cz has reported, referring to the ombudsman office's internal document.
News ID: 1444794 Publish Date : 2014/08/31
Members of Malaysia's largest political party United Malays National Organization have called for allowing hijab for Malaysia Airlines stewardesses and an alcohol ban, calls that were endorsed by state officials and MAS managers.
News ID: 1443613 Publish Date : 2014/08/27
Management of several schools run by non-Muslims in India's southern tropical state of Kerala have issued a decision allowing hijab from Class I, following several demands by Muslim parents.
News ID: 1442727 Publish Date : 2014/08/25
Challenging the idea of being oppressed to don hijab , a growing number of young British Muslim women are choosing to wear the Islamic veil or hijab , despite figures showing rising violence against visibly identifiable Muslims.
News ID: 1442332 Publish Date : 2014/08/24
