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 ...

PARIS — A punchy jingle kicks off the promotional video of a French firm that sells Islamic women’s swimwear. Models wearing brightly colored, full-body tunic, pant and hijab combos frolic at the ...

The designer of the burkini said she has seen an increase in sales since several French towns banned women from wearing the Islamic swimwear. Australian-Lebanese Aheda Zanetti, 48, who resides in ...

When Shereen Sabet made the decision to become a more devout Muslim, she was ready to adhere to the religion’s modest dress code: A woman must wear clothing to cover her entire body, except for her ...

The "Bodykini" is a modest swimming suit especially designed to enhance athletic performance while upholding the Koranic principle of modesty by only exposing face, hands and feet. Our modest swimwear ...

Fashion designer Hind Beljafla makes abayas to match the Gucci shoes and Hermes handbags of high-spending women in the Gulf. Now these women can buy her elegant versions of the black Islamic robes, ...

The staff at a public pool in Wilmington, Delaware, recently ejected modestly dressed Muslim children who ran afoul of an unpublicized and possibly nonexistent rule against cotton swimwear. Kids ...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A Denver suburb will revise its swimsuit rules after a Muslim woman was turned away from its recreation center pool. Saba Ali says she was wearing an Islamic dress with the ...