Hijab

President Barack Obama said June 22 that Americans stand united in rejecting the targeting of any religious or ethnic group as he marked Islam's holy month of Ramadan.

Once again the critical vote in this election will be women?s vote. For more than a decade, President Tayyip Erdo?an has dominated the female electorate with his charisma, oratory and his personal appeal for women?s financial troubles. Now, for the first time, he may actually have a rival.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said May 4 it was not up to the country's police to deliver Islamic guidance, distancing himself from efforts to involve law enforcement in religion.

Germany's top court said Friday that Muslim teachers can wear the Islamic headscarf in class as long as it doesn't disrupt school activities, in a ruling likely to revive emotional debate.
      

Parents of pupils in a northern Turkey school are demanding that a religious class teacher be fired after she told some of her female students that they “deserve rape” for not wearing an Islamic headscarf, according to the mass daily “Hurriyet”.

Following the shocking statement, parents of the female students requested her dismissal.

An investigation has been launched into a high school teacher?s remarks to a class in the northern province of Tokat, in which she said female students ?deserve rape? for not wearing an Islamic scarf.

Parents are demanding that a teacher of religion classes in northern Turkey be fired after he told some of his female students that they "deserve rape" for not wearing an Islamic headscarf.

U.S. President Barack Obama visited Saudi Arabia last Tuesday, to pay respect to the late Saudi King Abdullah. His wife, first lady Michelle Obama, was also on the trip, and one particular feature initiated controversy on the Internet: She was not veiled! In fact, her dress was quite modest by Western standards, but she was not covering her hair.

Canada's Immigration Minister Chris Alexander Wednesday unveiled plans to ban entry to migrants who practice polygamy and what he termed "barbaric cultural practices."       

International basketball's governing body said Tuesday that players will be allowed to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial basis in some competitions.