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

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

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

Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

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

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line
 Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

 A SCENE from ‘Tatami.’

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

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban

 Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 27, 2022. Uploaded on 2/6/2024

'Take this hijab and shove it': Bill Maher slams hypocrisy in 'gender apartheid' speech

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line
 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots

By REUTERS
 A woman wearing a hijab walks at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 2, 2021.

French principal receives death threats for telling student to remove hijab

By Walla!
 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Majority of Iranians want secular government, leaked study shows

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

World Hijab Day: Unwrapping the debate over head covering

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE
 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iranian journalists released face new legal case for flouting hijab

By REUTERS
 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Hijab enforcers search bags and phones in Tehran metro

 Iranian woman gestures while without hijab in front of security forces, October 2022

Iranian doctor fired from university for not wearing hijab