FILE - Police officers stand in front of the 47th precinct in the Bronx borough of New York, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two ...

Two Muslim women who allege their religious head coverings were forcibly removed when they were arrested and booked into jail after taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest at UC Irvine have filed a ...

KENT COUNTY, MI – A Muslim woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Kent County Sheriff’s Department after she says he was forced to remove a religious head covering for a booking photo. Jannah Hague ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools has sparked criticism from constitutional scholars and rights activists who say that ...

A New Jersey teen is receiving attention because she was selected by her senior class as the best dressed. It was unusual because she wears a Muslim head covering. The word used to indicate this type ...

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The Pew Research Center found differences in North and South India to be driven by Hindu women as head coverings are worn by most almost six-in-ten Hindus while Muslim women cover their heads ...

A 7-year-old told her mother that she resisted a New Jersey teacher’s attempt to pull off her Muslim head covering. It spiraled from there. By Tracey Tully MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — A 7-year-old girl came ...

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