Hijab
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
"The arrests have heightened fear and apprehension among women and girls across Afghanistan," UN Women said, adding that many of the women had since been released.
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'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump
Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools
'Take this hijab and shove it': Bill Maher slams hypocrisy in 'gender apartheid' speech
Bill Maher critiques selective outrage among activists, urging them to address gender apartheid and human rights abuses often overlooked by Western protests.
Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML
Passed last month after a lengthy delay following the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, a new law in Iran increases punishments for women who don’t wear the hijab.
Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown
Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.
New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots
The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove religious attire before being photographed.
French principal receives death threats for telling student to remove hijab
Meanwhile, several schools in Paris closed their gates Wednesday after receiving bomb threats allegedly from Islamists.
Majority of Iranians want secular government, leaked study shows
Numbers show that 73% of Iranians want a separation between state and religion.
Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows
The punishment for not wearing a hijab is largely financial, although there are new systems to report women not complying with hijab rules to the morality police.
World Hijab Day: Unwrapping the debate over head covering
While some countries enforce the mandatory wearing of traditional headwear, several European countries have banned it or are considering banning it in certain public areas.
Iranian journalists released face new legal case for flouting hijab
Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammad were released on Sunday temporarily after paying bail.
Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab
As she was flogged, Roya Heshmati chanted "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn..."