The type most commonly worn in the West is a ... and South America have no known bans or mandatory laws regarding Islamic face veils or headscarves. Sources: Jihad Turk, president of Bayan ...

So the head scarf, or some type of head covering, is widely viewed as mandatory in Islam. Other coverings worn by Muslim women also fall within the category of “veil.” Depending on the country ...

FRANCE 24 looks at the different types of veil worn across the Muslim world. The hijab (top left): A scarf that covers the hair, ears and neck only, leaving the face visible. The hijab is common ...

Religious conservatives and Muslim scholars have raised questions about what types of apparel would fit that category and whether defining clothing as “Islamic” was even permitted or lawful by ...

The word hijab comes from the Arabic for veil and is used to describe the headscarves worn by Muslim women. These scarves come in myriad styles and colours. The type most commonly worn in the West is ...

All across Cairo, women of all social and economic strata are wearing various types of Islamic veils - and the practice has increased markedly in recent decades. Nearly 100 years ago, Egyptian ...

A French Muslim woman has been fined for wearing a full-face veil while driving a car. Police in the western city of Nantes said the veil - which showed only her eyes - restricted her vision and ...

FACE veils are worn by some Muslim women in accordance with certain Islamic traditions that insist on "modesty" in public. There have been calls to ban them in the UK - and Boris Johnson got into ...

The French parliament has voted to condemn the full Islamic face veil, calling it "an affront to the nation's values of dignity and equality". The non-binding resolution was passed unanimously ...

The type most commonly worn in the West is a ... and South America have no known bans or mandatory laws regarding Islamic face veils or headscarves. Sources: Jihad Turk, president of Bayan ...