After Austria, Denmark, a European country, has proposed legislation prohibiting the use of face coverings, including burqas and niqabs, within educational settings such as schools and universities.

A top Iranian official has said that the nation’s mandatory hijab law is being reviewed, as state media played down the same official’s claim that the country’s much-feared morality police force had ...

Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab appropriately. The ...