European countries take widely different approaches to full-face veils, from nationwide bans to restrictions in specific ...

Portugal adopted banning face-covering garments in public spaces that has drawn criticism as targeting Muslim women who wear ...

Portugal’s president has enacted a law pushed by the far right banning the concealment of faces in public, a measure widely ...

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public, calling the restriction “necessary in a democratic society”. The veil is a ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-- Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, clashed verbally on Wednesday as the law took effect in ...

Update, 12 March 2018: Administrators at Universitas Islam Negeri Susan Kalijaga have since reversed the ban amid heavy criticism online and in the press. For women in Indonesia, how you dress is ...

One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people. At the same time, racialized perceptions related to masks have put an additional ...