Lisbon [Portugal]: Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for "gender or religious" reasons in ...

The ban would prohibit the wearing of garments covering the face in all public spaces, including shops, schools and offices.

According to the Equi report, 66 percent of British Muslims believe caring for vulnerable children is a religious duty, and are 63 percent more likely to consider fostering or adoption than the wider ...

With an election in Quebec a year away, the governing Coalition Avenir Québec government and the front-running Parti ...

Italy’s ruling party introduced a bill on Wednesday (October 8) to ban the burqa and niqab face and body coverings in public spaces across the country. The proposed legislation also calls for ...

The bill, proposed by Portugal's far-right Chega party, would prohibit coverings such as burqas and niqabs from being worn in ...

France's ban of the Muslim head covering has been criticised, despite the country's president, Emmanuel Macron, supporting it ...

Sarnaya, a wheelchair user originally from Ankawa in Iraq's Kurdistan Region and living in Lyon since 2014, was stabbed in ...

A flyer announcing a Zoom meeting with activist Berrin Sönmez, August 2025. BERRIN SÖNMEZ/INSTAGRAM "I throw my hijab at the feet of the government and religious authorities": With this blunt ...

French police on Monday raided Islamic associations and foreigners suspected of extremist religious beliefs, police sources said, three days after a suspected Islamist beheaded a school teacher.

While rights for women have steadily improved over the past decade under the modernising reforms of Crown Prince Mohammed bin ...