The South African Hindu community and the desi internet at large are lamenting over the growing religious intolerance in the ...

World Hijab Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with Muslim girls and women and stand against bigotry, discrimination, ...

Students can wear the hijab up to the school entrance ... This story originated in VOA's Horn of Africa Service.

She rocked a pink hijab as she entered the city. In a video, she shared how some fans sang for her and raised a placard to welcome her as she entered the cinema. According to the movie star ...

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The hijab is not just a personal choice but a principle of Islam ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 400 news and information items daily from ...

A coalition of Muslim women in Nigeria under the aegis of the Hijab Right Advocacy Initiative has called on policymakers, law enforcement agencies, educators and service providers to adopt policies ...

ADDIS ABABA - The Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has threatened to take action against the recent ban on hijab in Axum town, arguing that it shall take “further peaceful measures in ...

The Axum District Court has instructed the town's police to detain and present school officials who allegedly defied its earlier ruling suspending a directive that prohibited female Muslim students ...

Schools in Axum banned the wearing of hijab by girls, despite the court order and directive by the Tigray Regional Education Bureau which regulates learning in institutions within the northern state ...