In her first solo exhibition, Junghwa Hong takes up the burqa, the flowing garment worn by some Muslim women to cover face and body. Her sensitive paintings at CB1 Gallery — the gallery’s last before ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism ...

The government of Kazakhstan has banned the wearing of burqa and hijab. Women and girls will no longer be able to wear such clothes that completely cover the face in public places. People may be ...

The fashion industry has always thrived on pushing the envelope -- but the latest accessory gracing the runways and magazine editorials is the increasingly controversial burqa, or a traditional ...

I work in a public library in a very large American city and have encountered several women in a burqa at the reference desk. Immediately I am struck by how our culture is not set up for a woman to be ...

Earlier this month, France put its 2010 law banning the veil into effect, spurring angry demonstrations in both Paris and London. Two women were arrested, not because they were wearing burqas but ...

Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday approved a partial ban on the full-face burqa, worn by women who adhere to stricter forms of Islam, in public places where safety is a priority, such as schools and ...

It can be tricky being a politician designing policy. You start out with a bold, simple aim, then end up mired in regulatory purgatory. So it goes for the designers of Austria's so-called "burqa ban." ...

In the absence of a final ruling, colleges have adopted differing approaches. In mid-2024, N.G. Acharya & D.K. Marathe College in Chembur introduced a dress code banning attire such as burqas, hijabs, ...

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, who killed his wife over not wearing the burqa and two daughters, did not let her apply for ...

In Mumbai, an autorickshaw driver named Tausif Mohammed Shaikh was assaulted by residents who falsely suspected him of being ...