CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye. A recent declaration by a leading ...

“I wear the niqab essentially to avoid harassment on the street and on public transport,” said law student Marwa Mohammed, 19, her eyes visible only through the slits in the black veil that covers her ...

At least, thatâÄôs the assumption most Americans have and the logic behind FranceâÄôs recent veil ban. Last week, legislation came into effect in France making it illegal for Muslim women to publicly ...

A Muslim-majority country has banned women from wearing niqabs as they claim they could hide “attackers in disguise" and are “alien to our society”. Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing the ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing a full-body niqab under ... this year on the veil, worn by some adult women, that covers most of the body except the eyes. Those found wearing ...

The woman who took the case said she chose to wear the niqab as a matter of religious freedom, as a devout Muslim The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban by France on wearing the ...

The authorities in the southern state of Jubaland imposed a ban on the niqab -- a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women -- in the port city of Kismayo in 2021 for security reasons, although ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical mask, or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes.

Some Muslims are baffled by the level of political rhetoric around the niqab. Other than the fact that it is an election year, they can’t see why the wearing of this face-concealing veil by some ...