Tasnim - Head coach of Irans U-19 womens national soccer team Katayoun "Kat" Khosrowyar hopes Nike will have Iranian women who have won Olympic medals and Asian Games medals take part in an ad campaign for the hijab. Khosrowyar, 30, was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since 2005, she has been living in Iran, the birthplace of her grandparents....

Tasnim The chairman of the Iranian parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the Georgian government has been notified of the Islamic Republics protest over the Georgian airport polices disrespect for Iranian nationals. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told Tasnim that the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission pursues ...

IRNA Georgian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday ruled out disrespecting Iranian passengers hijab at Tbilisi airport. The statement which was issued following Iranian Embassys protest to the issue said that investigations by the Georgian disciplinary organizations reveal that no offense such as disrespecting hijab has taken place at Tbilisi ...

IFP- Irans Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri says those who are removing their hijab as part of the so-called Girls of Revolution Street movement are being encouraged from elements in other countries. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Montazeri said this is a rare case, and in a country with 80 million population, women wear the accepted ...

Sputnik - Despite one of Britains top primary schools calling for the government to take a firm stand on pupils wearing hijabs and fasting, it is still left to be seen if there will be national guidelines on these issues. The Sunday Times has reportedthat the highly ranked St Stephen's primary school, inNewham, East London, has banned ...

IFP - The Tehran police chief says the so-called morality police will hold training classes for those who do not observe the Islamic dress code (hijab) instead of arresting them. Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi, the police chief of the Iranian capital, Tehran, says the Law Enforcement have adopted a society-oriented educational approach toward ...

CNN - For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel(MAT), which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its "Shero" collection will be modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. In 2016, Muhammad became thefirst American to compete in the games while wearing a hijab. "I'm proud to know that little girls everywhere ...

IFP - The International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) has finally allowed Iranian women to attend Asian and international competitions while observing the Islamic dress-code (Hijab). The IWWF made the decision following several letters of request sent by Irans Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. According to a Farsi report ...

IFP - Women who have recently converted to Islam or those who decided to change their lifestyle have launched a campaign in Tehran to promote the culture of wearing hijab. A number of nicely decorated pavilions called A Good Feeling are seen in some of the neighbourhoods in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in which women who have recently ...

Press TV - A man tried to pull off a Muslim woman's hijab as she was waiting for the train and spat at her friends face at the subway in the British capital London, says the victim. Aniso Abdulkadir reported the suspected hate crime on Twitter on Sunday, triggering an investigation into the matter. She posted a picture of the alleged attacker,...

IRNA Local government in Valencia Province in Spain has decided to let Muslim girls wearing hijab take part in the provinces schools from the upcoming school year. There will be no further hindrance regarding the presence of veiled Muslim girls in school classes as long as their hijab does not hide their identity and undermine their dignity, according ...

AP| DOUG FEINBERG AND BRIAN MAHONEY: Even as basketball's popularity soared around the world, not everyone believed they could get in the game. A ban on headgear by the sport's governing body meant choosing between play and prayer, a rule that wasn't about religion but felt as if it were to some groups. That ended Thursday with a unanimous vote to ...

AP - Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. The unanimous vote Thursday by international basketball's governing body, known as FIBA, allows ...

American Herald Tribune |Catherine Shakdam: Who knew that a few yard of fabric plonked onto ones head would send western democracies spinning onto their axis - threatening to bring Society as we, western folk, know it, and in the clutches of Islam see western civilization fall? Who knew that one article of clothing, and a womans modesty could ...

Press TV - The European Union's top court has ruled that employers are entitled to banstaff from wearing visible religious symbols;a decision critics say is a direct attack on Muslim women wearing hijabat work. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in a judgment on Tuesday that it did not constitute "direct discrimination" if a firm had an ...

CNN- The head cover, called the "Nike Pro Hijab," boasts a single-layer pull-on design made from lightweight polyester in dark, neutral colors. The fabric's tiny holes will make it breathable while remaining opaque, a requirement for hijab-wearing women. Nike (NKE) said it began developing the hijab after some Muslim athletes complained about wearing ...

BBC- The Swedish government has defended its decision to have its officials wear headscarves during a trip to Iran, saying that failing to do so would have broken the law. Trade Minister Ann Linde led a business team last week and faced criticism for wearing a headscarf, or hijab. Sweden says it has the world's first "feminist government". A ...

Sputnik News-Sweden's government takes great pride in being the world's first to have adopted an overtly feminist stance. Nevertheless, a Swedish government minister and her female colleagues had to put aside their feminist pride and wear hijabs, as Stockholm was attempting to mend fences with Iran and strike lucrative deals. Last weekend, an imposing ...

Sputnik- Debenhams is to become the first UK-based department store to launch a range of Muslim modest clothing, including the hijab, the store's trading director international, Jeanette Whithear, said on Saturday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Aab, an international brand selling modest clothing forwomen, will reportedly launch sales inLondon, Birmingham,...

American Herald Tribune- Australian Premier Colin Barnett has made the bizarre claim he would not "encourage" Muslims to wear the burqa in public because "it's not part of our culture", the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Earlier this week, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson hit the headlines after saying shewould ban the burqa in all official buildings ...