Women in Kyrgyzstan are banned from wearing niqabs as the country claims they could be “attackers in disguise”. The Muslim ...

A Muslim-majority country has banned women from wearing niqabs as they claim they could hide “attackers in disguise" and are ...

Kyrgyzstan, a predominantly Muslim nation in Central Asia, has sparked international debate after enacting a controversial ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing a full-body niqab under a new plan that is supported by the country's official Muslim governing body. The authority says the garments could hide ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 17: The Ministry of Interior of the State of Kuwait has issued a clarification regarding the ban on wearing the niqab or burqa while driving, stating that it is based on an old ...

Melburnian Asmaa Shamseddine follows the Muslim faith. She started wearing the niqab as a teenager 11 years ago. "Initially I wore it because my mother and my friends did,” she told SBS Arabic24.