Contrary to some misconceptions, many women who wear the niqab do so out of their own free will. For these women, the niqab ...

He said that banning or seeking a ban on ‘niqab’ restricts women’s freedom. “Muslim women have never been forced to wear ‘niqab’,” he pointed out. He added that some of the Muslim ...

Many of them wear the niqab and I see this garment as something that adorns a woman and makes her look more beautiful. I know that in this region, the niqab is a matter of choice and I have always ...

However, many questioned the insinuation that women who wear the niqab lack freedom and suggested people should be free to choose what they wear.

Women who wear a burqa or a niqab will now have to show their faces while receiving a government service. Quebec's National Assembly passed Bill 62 by a 66-51 vote. The provincial Liberals ...

Women attending private universities in Afghanistan must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban have ordered, and classes must be segregated by sex - or at least ...

The rightwing League party on Sunday filed a bill to ban the Islamic veil in public spaces in Italy and set jail terms of up ...

She started wearing the niqab as a teenager 11 years ago. "Initially I wore it because my mother and my friends did,” she told SBS Arabic24. "Later, I searched for my own reason to wear it.