HeadScarf
- World
Algerian student stabbed to death by neighbour for wearing hijab
Amid rising Islamophobic incidents in Europe, a 26-year-old Algerian nursing student was fatally stabbed in her apartment building in Hanover, Germany. She was allegedly targeted by her neighbour for wearing a hijab.…
- Middle East
Iran uses drones, facial recognition to enforce headscarf: UN
Geneva: Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those…
- Middle East
Video: Iranian woman pulls off cleric’s turban, dons it as hijab
Tehran: In what is being perceived as a bold act of defiance against Iran’s strict dress code enforcement, an Iranian woman was recently captured on video pulling off a cleric’s turban after…
- Kolkata
Hijab row: College says wearing headscarf allowed, teacher seeks time to rejoin
Kolkata: A private law college in Kolkata, where a teacher was “forced to resign” after she was allegedly not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, on Tuesday said she can cover…
- Middle East
Iran’s President Raisi wants to keep strict headscarf controls
Tehran: Despite fierce protests from society, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences. “Respecting the headscarf is not only a religious but also a…
- World
New York County police facing lawsuit over forceful removal of headscarf
The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) in New York is facing a lawsuit for allegedly removing a Muslim woman’s headscarf and withholding it until her release. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday,…
- Middle East
16-yr-old Iranian girl Armita Geravand is ‘brain dead’, says Iranian media
Tehran: A 16-year-old Iranian schoolgirl, who fell into a coma after she was allegedly assaulted by morality police for not wearing a headscarf, is said to be ‘brain dead’, Iranian media reported. On…
- Middle East
16-yr-old Iranian girl in coma after ‘assault’ by morality police
Tehran: A 16-year-old Iranian schoolgirl is reported to be in a coma at Fajr Hospital after being assaulted by morality police officers on the Tehran subway. According to Iranwire and Hengaw Organization for Human…
- India
Kerala CPI(M) leader’s remark on headscarf lands party in soup
Thiruvananthapuram: An alleged controversial remark made by a senior CPI(M) leader regarding the traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women in Kerala has landed the ruling party in soup with several religious outfits…
- Middle East
FIFA 23 introduces Morocco’s Nouhaila Benzina wearing hijab
Moroccan footballer Nouhaila Benzina has become the first player to wear a headscarf in a FIFA 23 video game. In the latest major update for FIFA 23, called Game Update 16, EA…
