Kazakhstan is prohibiting people from wearing clothing in public that obscures the face and impedes facial recognition, ...

Muslim Students’ Robes Are Latest Fault Line for French Identity. When the French education minister declared that the abayas favored by some Muslim women “can no longer be worn in schools ...

Earlier this year, the nation's president stated, “Rather than wearing face-concealing black robes, it’s much better to wear ...

France to Ban Full-Length Muslim Robes in Public Schools Religious symbols are already banned in French schools, but the abaya — a loosefitting robe worn by some Muslim women — was in a gray area.

Muslim leaders in the Twin Cities accused the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday of using its new community counterterrorism program as cover that would allow the FBI to spy on the Somali ...

France to ban abayas in state schools 05:21. France is to ban Islamic garments known as abayas in schools from September, the government announced Sunday, with a top official calling them a ...

French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long, robe-like garments often worn by Muslim women wouldn’t be permitted in the nation’s schools from the new term, which starts in September.

Kazakhstan has enacted a law prohibiting the wearing of clothing that conceals the face in public spaces, citing concerns ...

The decision on the robes, worn by some Muslim women, is part of a ban on religious symbols in state schools to uphold France's strict brand of secularism. Skip to main content.

The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week. Most of the girls agreed to ...

Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary upset this week in New York City has been followed by a surge in anti-Muslim posts, ...