ISTANBUL, Turkey — Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was vacationing on Turkey’s Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving ...

LOS ANGELES — Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public. "At age 15, I started to cover, so I stopped ...

During her years as a high-school basketball star, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir scored a total of three thousand and seventy points, surpassing the previous state high-school ...

A French ban on the burkini – a swimsuit that covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet – is boosting sales of the beachwear. Often worn by Muslim women to adhere to Islamic dress ...

On Friday, France's highest administrative court ruled that French leaders may not ban burkinis, the full-coverage swimming garments favored by Muslim women, from public beaches. The French Council of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public. "At age 15, I started to cover, so I ...

France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls has controversially hailed bare breasts as an example of modern France, as opposed to conservative, Islamic dress codes, French newspaper Le Figaro reports. Valls ...