Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...

Women work with quiet focus ... religious leaders are known in Senegal. "The patchwork clothing symbolises universality - you can be Muslim and still maintain your culture. But not everyone ...

The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population ... In ...

Under rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, women must cover their hair and neck and wear loose-fitting clothes in public. They are also not allowed to dance in public places.

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been required to wear chadors ... “Wearing heavy make-up or putting on clothes that reveal body shape, in the name of hijab style, is misleading ...

There’s a core group for Muslim women only—for “more sisterhood and modesty,” Habib says—as well as a group for families. In addition to weekly outings, they organize longer trips and education on ...

with alcohol available and no rules for clothing, such as headscarves for women. Like many smaller Islamic sects, the Bektashi community is much more liberal than the two largest Islamic branches.

In a shocking incident, three Muslim women were allegedly assaulted ... stripping them of their clothing, and parading them naked through the village. Their clothes were also burned.

Ramadan remembers the month the Qur'an (the Muslim holy book ... However, children, pregnant women, elderly people and those who are ill or travelling don't have to fast. During Ramadan, it ...

The highlands were occupied by tribal groups, who displayed their sense of identity through distinctive styles in clothing ... a ritual food. A Muslim could often be recognized by a different dress ...

Portrait of young black muslim women in hijab looking in camera, smiling, women working on laptop in modern office in back. African woman in traditional clothes walking with her hand touching and ...