The scarf in the post is associated with Palestinians, not the Islamic State. The photo of the fighter wearing the scarf dates back at least to 2008, long before the rise of the Islamic State. In ...

SAINT-OUEN, France — The first day of school is never easy. But the start of classes Thursday was especially tough for French Muslim mothers such as Nissia. As a new ban on Islamic head scarves in ...

New Delhi — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has urged Indian leaders to "stop the marginalization of Muslim women" amid mounting protests over a college's ban on students wearing the ...

Editor's note: This story was published in 2008. A Douglasville woman was jailed Tuesday after a judge found her in contempt of court for refusing to remove her hijab, the head covering worn by Muslim ...

PERTUIS, France (AP) — Muslim headscarves took center stage in France's presidential campaign Friday amid far-right candidate Marine Le Pen's push to ban them in the country with western Europe's ...

Mannequins with veils are on display inside an exhibition hall at the France Muslim Annual Fair in Le Bourget, north of Paris. AP PARIS — When a far-right French official disrupted a regional council ...

In this May 16, 2014 file photo, women wearing headscarves and holding French flags gather outside the town hall of Mantes la Ville, northwest of Paris. The French Senate approved a bill Tuesday ...

(The Conversation) — Day 5 our Understanding Islam series. For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim women’s clothing isn’t entirely about faith. It has been used – and ...

A woman whose Muslim religious practice requires that she cover her head in public sued the Orange County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, alleging her rights were violated when jail officials forced ...