Muslims (the women, particularly ... As she had recently undertaken a project which required wearing a niqab (the full face veil), I wanted to balance things out a bit, so I often wore a baker ...

Muslim scholars have long debated whether it is obligatory to wear the burka or niqab, or whether it is just recommended. There have also been more liberal interpretations which say any headscarf ...

The niqab, a face-covering veil worn by some Muslim women, is often misunderstood and misrepresented in Western discourse.

It is unclear how many women in Quebec wear religious face coverings, though an Environics survey from 2016 suggests about 3% of Canadian Muslim women wear the chador and 3% wear the niqab.

Lots of Muslim women choose to wear a headscarf called a hijab to cover their hair in public. Some women wear a long loose dress called a jilbab, or a face covering called a niqab. Men sometimes ...

The law known as the “burqa ban,” restricts face covering in public – including wearing the burqa or niqab which is commonly worn by Muslim women. Those who violate this law will be charged ...

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.