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.

After passing through regular security checks at Newark Liberty International Airport on her way to a holiday in Istanbul, Kameelah Rasheed was called for further questioning by customs officers.

The General Women’s Union organized a sit-in on Wednesday in front of the UN headquarters in Damascus to protest all forms of violence against women on occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

A conference titled “Woman in Islam; The End of Myths” was held by Iranian Cultural Center in Caracas, Venezuela.

Their election leaflets cannot contain photographs, and they are not allowed to address men directly at campaign meetings.

In an attempt to rescue poverty-stricken rural women in Malawi, a local Islamic charity is providing entrepreneurship skills to the women regardless of their faith to achieve sustainable solutions to poverty.

Playing the role of a Muslim student in her latest film, a young German actress has revealed that she felt a strange serenity when she put on hijab for the first time, despite of people looks at her.