Iran's President described Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (AS) as the best role model for women and society, stressing that it was necessary to correct everyone's views on the status of women in society, adding, "It is not enough to just say that women and men are equal, but rather we must see it in practice, legislation and enforcement”.

A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and remove her hijab for a booking photo over a traffic offense, the woman and her attorneys said Tuesday.

The closing ceremony of the 4th Goharshad World Prize has been held in the Quds auditorium of the holy shrine, during which eight Iranian and foreign Muslim women were selected according to the eight criteria.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) has accepted that the female Muslim boxers to wear hijab at the international events under the regulations of the body’s Executive Committee, the insidethegames magazine wrote.

Indonesian women’s judo athlete Miftahul Jannah was disqualified from the Asian Para Games 2018 blindness judo match, which took place at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Jakarta, on Monday, due to reluctance to follow the rules of the match, which included removing the hijab.

At a hearing in a regional administrative court in Bologna, Asmae Belfakir was asked by Judge Giancarlo Mozzarelli to either remove her headscarf or leave the courtroom.

Here is an overview of countries that have banned the burka, which completely covers the body, and the niqab, which covers the head and face.

Latest book co-authored by two Iranian and Italian writers discusses the role played by Muslim women in the world of Islam.

The Islamic Charity Society in the Palestinian city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in a ceremony honored a number of elderly women for their Quranic achievement.

Despite gains made over the past decade, the Afghan women are still vulnerable and yet continue to experience different types of violence.

Illinois College leaders are taking steps to fire the suspended political science professor who drew criticism late last year for wearing Muslim Hijab.

A professor at a Christian college in Chicago has been suspended after highlighting the close relationship between Islam and Christianity. The academic also encouraged women to wear a hijab to show solidarity with Muslims.

Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo, a Muslim woman took oath as a civil court judge in New York on Thursday, while swearing to abide by the U.S. Constitution placing her hand on the Holy Qur’an.

A female Iranian legislator in an open letter to the Turkish President's wife, Emine Erdogan, voiced regret over the fist Lady's silence on her son's close ties with leader of the ISIL terrorist group.

A senior German politician called for a nationwide burqa ban.The Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs Ilse Aigner also proposed that there should be a law that would be applicable to the tourists from the Arab world in this regard.