Muslim African-American women in the U.S. sometimes wear a hijab to signal their religious affiliation. They also want to dispel the assumption that all African-Americans are Christians, and that only ...

The Knox County Sheriff's Office has deleted from its internal database a mug shot of a woman without her hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women. The agency deleted the mug shot under ...

She’s one of two Muslim women suing Orange County sheriff’s deputies accused of forcing them to take off their hijabs.

The move by Kazakhstan to ban hijab or burqa comes after a surge in extremist influence across Central Asia around 2015, when several youth from the region reportedly joined the Islamic State, raising ...

From the workplace to law enforcement encounters, learn about the laws that safeguard your right to wear hijab.

The Coalition of Muslim Women Groups in Nigeria has called on authorities to ensure that women wearing hijabs and niqabs are not harassed or excluded from public and private services.

If a mugshot must be taken of a Muslim woman without her hijab, KCSO policy states it must not be uploaded and published to the public, such as the KCSO public website, the lawsuit states.

A Muslim woman said the Philadelphia Police Department forced her to remove her hijab following an incident at Temple University in September.

The hijab and what it represents in Islam is often misunderstood and unfairly stereotyped. Still, despite these challenges, I believe my story is important — not only to create a better understanding ...

Abuelhawa, a Muslim woman, was taken into custody at the Multnomah County Jail, where she was instructed to remove her hijab in front of male deputies.

For Muslim women, wearing the hijab can bring a sense of pride, but it can also attract racism as misconceptions and assumptions prevail. So, let's set the record straight.

Disturbing video captured a traveler harassing a Muslim woman wearing a hijab at a Florida airport — calling her a terrorist and snapping pictures of her for a report to the FBI.