Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shiite Muslim women mourn during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of Fatimah bint Muhammad, also known as Fatimah Al ...

In Uganda, where Muslims are roughly 14 per cent of the general population, modest dress code is usually the visible sign of a Muslim woman’s faith. However, at first glance, sometimes it is hard to ...

A draft law aimed at encouraging Islamic dress raised fears Saturday that Iran’s hard-line government plans to re-impose veils and head-to-toe overcoats on women who have shirked the restrictions for ...

Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. Amnesty International dubbed it a war on women. The human rights group says tactics ...

Iranian authorities have detained a young woman who was seen walking around a university in Tehran in her underwear, according to video shared on social media and state news agencies, in what ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's prosecutor called on Sunday for tighter checks on women who fail to observe Islamic dress code in public, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Under Iran's Sharia law ...