World
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International
9/6/2021 7:55:17 PM
Women can only attend class if they wear an abaya -- a flowing robe -- and a niqab -- a face veil with a small window to see through -- and are separated from men, the Taliban said
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World
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International
9/5/2021 5:12:42 PM
The decree applies to private colleges and universities, which have mushroomed since the Taliban's first rule ended in 2001
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World
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International
3/7/2021 5:17:00 PM
Campaign posters reading "Stop radical Islam!" and "Stop extremism!", featuring a woman in a black niqab, have been plastered around Swiss cities
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Egypt
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Politics
1/27/2020 11:49:26 AM
The court rejected all appeals against the January 2016 ruling by an administrative court upholding a ban on the university's staff from wearing the niqab
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/8/2020 12:00:00 AM
Social media has been continuing its role of empowering social change in 2019 in developments that seem sure to continue in 2020, writes Amina Khairy
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Egypt
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Politics
12/10/2019 6:14:18 PM
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World
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7/11/2019 12:10:28 PM
The outcome of the forthcoming presidential and legislative elections in Tunisia will not be easy to chart, given the partisan disputes in the country and the recent ban on the niqab
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World
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International
4/29/2019 8:27:16 PM
However, there are concerns within the Muslim community that a prolonged ban could fuel tensions in the religiously-diverse nation that emerged from a civil war with ethnic minority Tamil separatists a decade ago
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Egypt
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Politics
11/4/2018 5:04:15 PM
MPs Mohamed Abu Hamed and Ghada Agami said their draft laws would impose a ban on the face veil (niqab) in public places. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
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World
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International
10/23/2018 2:17:09 PM
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World
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International
1/12/2018 10:11:58 AM
Wearing the Islamic veil has become increasingly challenging for many women in Western societies, where a piece of fabric can be used to exacerbate already rising Islamophobia
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Egypt
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Politics
12/18/2017 5:46:53 PM
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World
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International
9/20/2016 5:09:34 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
1/19/2016 7:43:11 PM
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World
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International
11/17/2015 5:23:33 PM
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Egypt
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Egypt Elections 2015
11/7/2015 7:47:12 PM
Successful candidates of the Islamist Nour Party said they do not intend to deal with parliament's female employees as long as they do not wear the niqab, or full face veil
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World
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International
10/20/2015 10:58:47 AM
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Egypt
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Egypt Elections 2015
10/8/2015 2:25:19 PM
Voters and candidates who refuse to prove their identity by removing the face veil will be barred from participating in the upcoming vote, says HEC sposkesperson
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Egypt
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Politics
10/1/2015 9:32:25 PM
The decision is meant to "ease communication with students" and "advance the educational process", according to the university chairman
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World
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International
6/21/2015 9:37:23 AM
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