There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will ...

The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear. However, it may be worn with a separate eye veil. It is worn with an accompanying headscarf. The burka is the most ...

This article explains what it means for women who CHOOSE to wear the niqab! The niqab, a face-covering veil worn by some ...

CAIRO, Jan 30, (AFP) - Female students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges, saying that wearing the controversial face ...

The woman who took the case said she chose to wear the niqab as a matter of religious freedom, as a devout Muslim The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban by France on wearing the ...

as in the case of the burqa or niqab". It envisages two-year jail terms and a loss of the right to request citizenship for ...

The authorities in the southern state of Jubaland imposed a ban on the niqab -- a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women -- in the port city of Kismayo in 2021 for security reasons, although ...