Hijab

Turkish Cypriots protest new rule permitting hijab in schools

The new ruling comes after an eighth-grade student was barred from entering a Nicosia school for wearing a hijab.

Protesters demonstrate against a new regulations allowing young women to wear hijabs in secondary school in the northern part of the Cypriot capital Nicosia, in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). May 2, 2025.
 Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

Mehdi Yarrahi in Concert, Isfahan, Iran in 2017.

Islamic Regime rules musician to be flogged 74 times for hijab protest song, alcohol possession

 The results of the 1996 Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.

Islamism: The Left’s moral black hole - opinion


Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi had been sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison

'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Following severe criticism, Iran defers implementation of hijab bill

The bill imposes strict surveillance to ensure it is enforced and stipulates severe retribution for those violating it.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iranian singer arrested for not wearing hijab in Youtube concert video

Parastoo Ahmady, a 27-year-old singer, was arrested in the province of Mazandaran, Iran, following her virtual performance. 

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

IRGC founder tells 'Post': "The Islamic regime in Iran has been defeated, they failed."

 Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Swiss 'burqa ban' to take effect from Jan. 1

The ban does not apply to planes or in diplomatic and consular premises, and faces may also be covered in places of worship and other sacred sites, the government said.

 A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted for improperly wearing hijab - report

University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder."

 The young woman who stripped in protest after allegedly being assaulted for improperly wearing a hijab.

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, women defy Iran’s hijab law despite crackdown

Protests continue in Iran as women resist mandatory hijab laws, marking the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

Police had been ordered to impound the car of 31-year-old Arezou Badri as she had been seen driving with her hair exposed - but fired on the car when she refused to stop.

 Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

'Tatami'’s Israeli director and Iranian screenwriter discuss historic collaboration

“I knew that as an Israeli, as an Ashkenazi Jew, I cannot tell a story about Iranian women. It would be a mistake. It’s not for me to tell alone."

 A SCENE from ‘Tatami.’

Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban - interview

This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).