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Two lawsuits filed in California on Monday claim that Muslim women were discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab.

• 03 мая 2016, 13:57

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said extreme forms of Islam were winning the propaganda war for hearts and minds.

• 05 апреля 2016, 14:16

Kazakhstan Agency for Religious Affairs has commented the ban on wearing hijabs at schools.

• 14 октября 2013, 20:48

Voters in Switzerland's Italian-speaking region Sunday slapped a ban on wearing full-face veils, a move condemned by the country's Muslim community and Amnesty International.

• 23 сентября 2013, 18:53

Bakytkozha Ismukhambetov, Akim (Governor) of Atyrau Oblast in Western Kazakhstan, went all emotional about women dressed in black hijabs at the recent meeting of the Public Youth Council.

• 19 августа 2013, 16:35

Indonesian event organiser Risti Rahmadi wears an Islamic headscarf, uses halal lipstick and knows that it's time to pray when an app on her BlackBerry emits Koranic verses five times a day.

• 23 мая 2013, 13:56

The Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan spoke about Muslim women' rights to wear hijabs and compliance with the country's laws.

• 26 марта 2013, 14:09

A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab.

• 24 ноября 2012, 15:42

According to him, young people wouldn’t turn to wearing hijabs out of their own choice.

• 19 ноября 2012, 14:34

Senior imam of Khazret-Sultan mosque Kairat Zholdybaiuly opposes sales of dolls in Arab-style hijabs in Kazakhstan.

• 21 сентября 2012, 14:19

The number of young women wearing hijabs went down from 3.7 thousand to 700.

• 26 апреля 2012, 15:48

Kazakhs have beautiful national clothes, but it is not hijab. We should wear Afghanistan's national clothes: Supreme Mufti.

• 18 ноября 2011, 17:09

According to him, this issue should not be raised in the legislation.

• 29 сентября 2011, 16:38

In my view, it is important for parents and students to know the threat imposed by non-traditional Islam: deputy head of Education Department.

• 15 сентября 2011, 13:10

A discussion between Majilis deputy and Chairman of Kazakhstan Agency for Religion during presentation of the draft law "On religious activities and religious institutions".

• 09 сентября 2011, 14:31

According to them, popularization of Muslim symbolism in terms of clothes is not in line with the modern culture and can lead to rifts within Islam.

• 17 августа 2011, 08:29

The country should not ban wearing hijabs. We will not take any measures to forbid their wearing. It is wrong to forcedly ban them: Karim Massimov.

• 15 июля 2011, 15:03

Allowing Kazakh women to wear a hijab, to some extent we are losing our national identity, Lama Sharif Kairat Kayirbekuly believes.

• 09 июня 2011, 11:45