It sounds like a simple question: "Why do some Muslim women wear a veil?" But the answer is anything but straight forward. To some, the veil a symbol of religious observance. To others it has cultural ...

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ATHENS, Greece - Earlier this year on an Arabic Web site, a Muslim woman scholar posted an open letter to the Islamic world. "Take off the veil, sister," began Elham Manea, a professor of Yemeni ...

TRAPPES, France — Riots broke out over a full-face Islamic veil. A woman may have lost her unborn baby in another confrontation over her face covering. Tensions flared over a supermarket chain’s ad ...

Anoosh Soltani works for/consults to/owns shares inThe United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society. Hannah Thinyane is a Principal Research Fellow at United Nations University ...