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An Arab man is being questioned by law-enforcement officers and suddenly becomes uncooperative and refuses to make eye contact. Suspicious behavior or a clash of cultures? The latter, according to ...
The Nashville Police Department has changed its policy and now allows officers to wear a hijab, the Muslim headcover, on the job. Police say it creates trust in communities they're trying to reach.
Dearborn, Mich., has the largest proportion of Arab-Americans of any city in the U.S., including many who follow Islam. People there share reactions to the week's political rhetoric regarding Muslims.
She told Masih Alinejad, a journalist who runs the My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page, she was nervous about the backlash she could face for posing without a traditional Muslim head cover. But she ...
You can wear a Muslim head scarf, and you can wear the uniform of the Junior ROTC. Just not at the same time. That’s the word from the U.S. Army, which is supporting an officer’s ruling last ...
Muslim headcover conundrum: When covering up actually exposes Now Wahhabism has become more mainstream in Indonesia, especially in politicized contexts and as the 2024 presidential elections approach.
With one hand, Zahra Hassan clutches a purse that matches her red blouse and skirt trimmed in blue. In the other, she holds an AK-47. Peering through her blue veiled hijab, the traditional Muslim ...
Like a document distributed in 2016 on the same subject, the handbook lists both the Jewish kippah, or yarmulke, as forbidden to be worn in public schools, along with head covers favored by Muslim ...
A girl wearing a headscarf (archive). The Constitutional Court in Austria on Friday said the ban on girls wearing headscarves in primary schools was unconstitutional, annulling the rule enacted by ...
With one hand, Zahra Hassan clutches a purse that matches her red blouse and skirt trimmed in blue. In the other, she holds an AK-47. Peering through her blue veiled hijab, the traditional Muslim ...