In Islam, men and women share responsibility in upholding modesty and controlling their desires in society. Whether someone dresses or behaves modestly or not, the obligation to guard one’s own ...

Iraqi mother Nahidah Abdulkarim’s three sons had been detained by U.S. forces since January. As she stood by the barbed wire fence at the Abu Ghraib prison this week awaiting their release, she told ...

Society has conditioned us to believe that a woman who wears hijab must be oppressed. Due to this, a lot of Muslim women are afraid to show their identity by wearing the cloth covering. But hijab is ...

Over the past few years, modesty and style have seemingly converged. Longer sleeves, looser silhouettes, and an overall more understated aesthetic have infiltrated the runways, providing women with ...

In Uganda, where Muslims are roughly 14 per cent of the general population, modest dress code is usually the visible sign of a Muslim woman’s faith. However, at first glance, sometimes it is hard to ...

If she had her way, N’aimah Abdullah would have spent her summer island hopping through the Caribbean with her friends, and they’d all be decked out in some of the most unique modest fashion designs ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After years of turning heads with her riotously colorful frocks in Malaysia, fashion designer Tom Abang Saufi can’t decide whether to shed a few shades on her batik dresses ...

Can "religious rights" ever supersede human rights? Is the concept of "Islamic feminism" a contradiction, or can it be the intellectual genesis for a modern faith? This panel of ex-Muslim women will ...

Can modesty and feminism coexist? With recent news of model Halima Aden landing the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in a hijab and burkini — there’s been a lot of buzz, particularly in the ...

I have been researching Muslim women’s fashion since 2004. My comparative investigation has taken me to three locations: Tehran, Iran; Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey. While there have ...