PARIS — A French presidential commission Thursday backed a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools — stepping into the wrenching debate over how to preserve the country’s secular ...

The scene around her was repeated across France. Muslim girls walked out of school, put their head scarves back on and hurried to waiting cars or families, all but fleeing waiting journalists.

Muslim girls largely complied with a controversial ban on head scarves in the classroom on first day of school Thursday, officials said, as the government and Muslim leaders tried to avoid any ...

A woman whose Muslim religious practice requires that she cover her head in public sued the Orange County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday, alleging her rights were violated when jail officials ...

After determining that the Muslim head scarf inserted religion into state-run secular schools, the French government in 2003 banned the head scarf in the public schools, along with the Star of ...

The head scarf debate has also emerged elsewhere in Europe along with Muslim immigration. Germany's 16 states are split over whether to introduce bans on head scarves.

A Muslim woman said a Maryland credit union asked to serve her in a back room because her head scarf violated the “no hats, hoods or sunglasses” policy.

ATLANTA -- A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ...

Muslim Fired by Abercrombie for Head Scarf Says Policy 'Very Unfair' Judge agreed that retailer discriminated against hijab-wearing Hani Khan.

A Muslim-like head scarf wore in a video showing an active shooter drill in the Penn Trafford School District is creating controversy online.

A U.K. dentist who asked Muslim female patients to wear head scarves will not be disciplined by the country's General Dental Council.