Although Islam orders women to wear a veil or hijab (headcover), it totally rejects using violence when it comes to applying its rulings, a basic Islamic rule that has reportedly not been followed by Iranian police in dealing with unveiled women.Mahs...

By AFPFrance violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a headscarf while she studied at a school, a UN committee has ruled.The move broke the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Human Rights...

Tensions between India’s ruling right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and Muslim communities have been fueled by the BJP spokesperson’s remarks about the Prophet Muhammad and Islam while debating about Gyanvapi Mosque issue,adisputeover an old...