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Afghanistan: Taliban rulers issues diktat, directs female TV presenters to wear masks while going live

Kabul: The Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prohibition of Vice has issued yet another bizarre diktat by which female TV presenters are directed to wear masks while going live. more

Afghanistan: Taliban directs female UN staff to wear hijab

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, medi ...

New Zealand police introduces hijab into official uniform

Wellington: In a bid to encourage more Muslim women to join the force, police in New Zealand have introduced hijab into their official uniform.

Pakistan: Karachi woman directed to shun Hijab at work or resign, sparks social media storm

Karachi: In perhaps one of the first of its kinds incident in Muslim-majority Pakistan, a woman employee of a Karachi City-based software company was asked to stop wearing hijab at her wo ...

Dutch Parliament imposes partial ban on burqa

Amsterdam: The Dutch parliament on Tuesday passed a law that imposed a partial ban on the wearing of the Islamic clothing-the burqa and the niqab-in public transports, schools, hospitals ...