The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban by France on wearing the Muslim full-face veil, the niqab. A case was brought by a 24-year-old French woman, who argued that the ban on wearing ...

Dagestan [Russia], July 4 (ANI): The Dagestan province in Russia has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs, a full-face veil with an opening for the eyes ...

above an image of someone wearing a headscarf and face veil. Two Swiss cantons, St Gallen and Ticino, have already banned full face coverings in regional votes - but the new measure would apply ...

The authorities in the southern state of Jubaland imposed a ban on the niqab -- a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women -- in the port city of Kismayo in 2021 for security reasons, although ...