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 ...

It was her first time in handcuffs, her introduction to jail and the first time her religious rights were violated in a way that brings trauma to Islamic women. Jailers photographed her without her ...

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 ...

The Suffolk County Police Department violated the First Amendment religious rights of an East Setauket woman by forcing her to remove her hijab, a headscarf worn by some Muslim women, and other ...

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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Human rights advocates say hijab bans in sports “need to go” as they “deny a space for women themselves”. France banned its athletes from using the Muslim head covering when they competed in last year ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...