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Taliban ban foreign TV series showing women without hijabs, playing music:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Taliban have forbidden Afghan media to broadcast foreign TV series violating Sharia law, including playing soundtracks and showing women without wearing hijabs, according to a media report on Tuesday.
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Taliban forbid music in cars, women without hijab: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): The Taliban have forbidden drivers from playing music in vehicles and having women without hijab as passengers, media reported on Saturday.
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New Taliban edict targets 'immoral' Afghan TV shows featuring women
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 22 (ANI): In yet another setback for women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday ordered television channels to stop airing shows featuring women artists and said female scribes must wear hijabs as per the group's interpretation of Islamic law.
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Sales of hijabs, burqas soar in Afghanistan after Taliban mandates it for
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): In Afghanistan, sales of hijab and burqa increased after the Taliban announced that only women wearing the hijab will have access to education and work.
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HarperCollins is proud to announce 'Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilog
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): HarperCollins is proud to announce a literary thriller that takes one back to the turbulent year of Independence 'LAHORE: BOOK 1 OF THE PARTITION TRILOGY' by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar.
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Pak ulema support Imran Khan's remarks on women's dresses, says his aide
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's special aide on religious affairs has said ulema (body of Muslim scholars) fully support the statement of the country's Prime Minister regarding women's hijab and dress.
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Not only Uyghurs but Utsuls of Hainan, Huis latest target of China's relig
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hainan [China], September 28 (ANI): The ethnic minority of Utsuls of Hainan Island in China is facing increased surveillance and religious crackdown similar to that of the Uyghur Muslim minority of Xinjiang, which has recently become the focus of global condemnation.
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WB: Ishrat Jahan threatened, asked to vacate house for attending Hindu rel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): BJP leader Ishrat Jahan was allegedly threatened by locals and asked to vacate her rented house for attending a Hindu religious event wearing hijab in Howrah, police said on Thursday.
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Christchurch attack: UAE thanks NZ PM for 'sincere empathy' towards Muslim
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Mar 23 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's hijab-clad picture was projected on the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, on Friday night in gratitude for the support shown by the leader towards the Muslim community in the aftermath of last week's Christchurc
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Student barred from exam for wearing Hijab
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Umaiyah Khan, a student of Jamia Islamia University who is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration (MBA), has alleged that she was not allowed to appear for University Grants Commission -National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam for wearing Hi
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Meet the first Hijab-wearing model to feature on British Vogue cover
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] Apr 1(ANI): British Vogue has made history by featuring a hijab-wearing model on its cover for the first time in its 102-year history.
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Muslim woman wins USD 85k lawsuit after police remove her hijab
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): The city has agreed to pay USD 85,000 to a Muslim woman, who according to her, claimed that the New York Police Department (NYPD) forces had 'forcibly' made her to remove the hijab.
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