"Being veiled does not mean we (Muslim women) are not empowered. Like any other woman, we can be very eloquent and smart.”
News ID: 1368159 Publish Date : 2014/01/30
On February 1st, 2013, I participated in the first World Hijab Day. It was a Friday, and I had an English class to attend. I woke up a little bit earlier than normal, watched a few YouTube tutorials on how to put on a hijab , and off I went about my daily routine. I would commute via public transportation for nearly two hours to get to class.
News ID: 1367759 Publish Date : 2014/01/29
Harassment of women over their choice of religious garb has spread dramatically in recent years, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
News ID: 1361338 Publish Date : 2014/01/21
February 1st, 2013, marked the first annual World Hijab Day in recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.
News ID: 1361176 Publish Date : 2014/01/20
A Montreal woman who was attacked on the Metro for wearing a hijab is urging Quebecers to don religious symbols to protest the Values Charter, proposed provincial legislation that would ban public employees from wearing “ostentatious” symbols of faith.
News ID: 1358870 Publish Date : 2014/01/14
For Malawi Muslim women, hijab came as a perfect answer to their woes from increasing sexual harassment targeting women in the southern African nation.
News ID: 1350808 Publish Date : 2014/01/05
Attracting a growing number of Indonesian women, fashionable and colorful Islamic headscarf is gaining ground in the southern Asian archipelago, seeing hijab not only as a religious commitment, but also a fashion statement.
News ID: 1349560 Publish Date : 2014/01/01
Members of Indoneisa’s House of Representatives lambasted National Police chief Gen. Sutarman on Monday for putting off the decision to allow female members in the corps to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab , on duty.
News ID: 1343815 Publish Date : 2013/12/17
A French government report has proposed ending the ban on Muslim headscarves, teaching Arabic and emphasizing the 'Arab-Oriental' dimension of French identity, sparking an outcry among conservative opposition politicians and unease among the governing Socialists.
News ID: 1342707 Publish Date : 2013/12/15
When Felixia Yeap received an offer to take photo shoots while donning Islamic hijab , according to her, the occasion gave her unprecedented feelings of protection, happiness and safety.
News ID: 1340923 Publish Date : 2013/12/14
Non-Muslims students at a Michigan university have been offered a chance to try hijab for the first time when their Muslim counterparts marked the university's hijab day earlier this month.
News ID: 1336648 Publish Date : 2013/12/10
Applying justice in a virtual world, an Egyptian Muslim young girl has translated childhood dreams of a veiled superheroine that combats stereotyping of hijab and discrimination against women in the Egyptian society.
News ID: 1336412 Publish Date : 2013/12/09
Nora Jaffary, an associate professor of history at Concordia University said: On the day after the Parti Québécois tabled Bill 60 on Nov. 7, I started wearing a hijab at work, to publicly register my opposition to the proposed values charter.
News ID: 1336197 Publish Date : 2013/12/09
Muslim police officers in the city of Edmonton in the western Canadian province of Alberta will be allowed to don hijab , after a new design for police uniform with hijab was approved by police officials.
News ID: 1335907 Publish Date : 2013/12/08
A Paris high court has issued a ruling against a Muslim Hjab-wearing woman who worked at the Baby Loup kindergarten.
News ID: 1325031 Publish Date : 2013/11/29
Showing solidarity to the Muslim minority, two renowned Montreal professors have donned hijab in a protest against the proposed ban on religious symbols in the Parti Québécois' secular charter.
News ID: 1324161 Publish Date : 2013/11/27
During a special congress on Wednesday, 1000 Hijab-wearing women will be honored.
News ID: 1323791 Publish Date : 2013/11/26
Canadian police services are in the early stages of developing a hijab prototype for female police officers.
News ID: 1322231 Publish Date : 2013/11/25
After an eight-year ban, Indonesian police has allowed hijab on duty, responding to the overwhelming requests from female officers and Islamic organizations to allow the Islamic veil for policewomen on duty.
News ID: 1320637 Publish Date : 2013/11/22
Dearborn women of different faiths have come together in the first head-wrapping expo, drawing attention to shared values of women veil in the different cultures and beliefs.
News ID: 1319372 Publish Date : 2013/11/19
