Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

An intake officer reassured her the booking photo without her hijab would not be shared publicly, according to the complaint.

I also do not wish to delve into jurisprudential debates, as scholars still disagree on the nature of hijab: Should it cover the head and body while leaving the face and hands exposed? Should it ...

I don’t wear a hijab because I’ve never been expected ... No credible scholar, I think, has mandated that full face-covering veils are compulsory (they are, in fact, forbidden at Hajj, the ...