Continue reading According to IBTimes UK, the niqab is different from the hijab ... her body except for her face and hands, making the niqab non-obligatory. The Muftiyat described the full ...

Kyrgyzstan's official Muslim governing body has come out in favour of a government ban on full-body veils known as the niqab, as Central Asian officials seek to combat growing Islamist influence ...

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 ...