NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Female Muslim police officers in Newark, New Jersey will now be able to wear the traditional head covering known as "hijab" as part of their uniforms. The change comes after an ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Muslim woman filed a federal lawsuit against the Kent County Sheriff’s Office claiming she was forced to remove her hijab during booking and processing. A hijab is a religious ...

Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a day for both Muslim ...

The practice of covering the hair is rooted in modesty, faith, and identity. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to millions of ...

Aya Elamroussi says being Muslim in America is hard enough. But “being visibly Muslim and a woman, oftentimes while also being a person of color, adds a layer of nuance that impacts how Muslim women ...

Have you ever seen a Muslim woman wearing a head covering and wondered what it was? Or, more important, why she was wearing it? Did you know there’s even a day that recognizes women who wear it and ...

An Islamic civil rights group is seeking $200,000 in damages from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office for the alleged removal of a Dearborn woman’s hijab, or Islamic head covering, while being held in ...

A New Jersey teen is receiving attention because she was selected by her senior class as the best dressed. It was unusual because she wears a Muslim head covering. The word used to indicate this type ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Ifa Hanifah Misbach was 19 when her father died - and her family told her he would not go to heaven because she refused to wear the hijab, a Muslim head covering. Misbach now works ...