All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Wearing Niqaab (covering face) is a ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention ...

Yesterday, before His Honour Judge Peter Murphy ruled that a female Muslim defendant in a criminal trial must remove her face-covering veil (niqaab) whilst giving evidence, Home Office Minister Jeremy ...

Several organisations affiliated to the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics, have lashed out at the decision of Muslim Educational Society ...

KOZHIKODE: Stung by severe criticism from Muslim religious outfits, Muslim Educational Society (MES) president Dr P A Fazal Ghafoor, on Thursday, clarified that MES was not against purdah, but against ...

Oscar winning musician AR Rahman was recently criticised for his daughter Khatija wearing a niqaab as she interviewed him on Slumdog Millionaire’s 10th anniversary. Khatija has now reacted to the ...

The Queen v. D (R) – Ruling available here. The ruling by HHJ Murphy in Blackfriars Crown Court this Monday that a defendant in a criminal trial should not be allowed to wear a niqaab (face veil) ...

A person may not give evidence with the face covered, a U.K. court has ruled, fuelling an already heated debate in a society characterised increasingly by diversity of religion and nationality. Judge ...

At the event in Mumbai to celebrate 10 years of Slumdog Millionaire earlier this week, Khatija was invited on to the stage to speak about her father and his achievements. In a lengthy Facebook post ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sparked a major controversy after a video showed him pulling down the niqaab of a woman doctor during a government event in Patna. The incident took place at the ...