SAINT-OUEN, France — The first day of school is never easy. But the start of classes Thursday was especially tough for French Muslim mothers such as Nissia. As a new ban on Islamic head scarves in ...

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

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 identity while ...

PARIS - School doors open for 12 million French children today, but there is far more at stake this year than back-to-school jitters. An already contentious ban on Muslim head scarves and other ...

CALIFORNIA, Md. -- A Muslim woman said employees at a southern Maryland credit union asked to serve her in a back room because her head scarf violated the institution's "no hats, hoods or sunglasses" ...

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 forced ...

A Clemson professor dressed in a traditional Muslim garment says he was kicked out of Donald Trump’s rally Wednesday night in Pendleton. He caught it all on tape, posting video to social media and it ...

Before she leaves her Bettendorf home, Dr. Sameena Ahmed wraps a head scarf over her black hair. The act is a requirement and an expression of her Muslim faith. Julie Abdel-Fattah, who converted to ...

Muslim rights groups sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its chief Thursday on behalf of a Muslim woman who alleges her religious head scarf was forcibly removed by officers at a Police ...

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Female Muslim police officers in Newark, New Jersey will now be able to wear the traditional head covering known as "hijab" as part of their uniforms. The change comes after an ...