ATLANTA – A Georgia judge has reversed a decision that blocked a Muslim man from his courtroom because he was wearing religious headwear. Henry County State Court Judge James Chafin said he found ...

NASHVILLE, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A federal magistrate says an inmate's rights were not violated when a Tennessee jail refused to allow him to wear a Muslim cap. Magistrate Judge Juliet Griffin recommended ...

Since September 1837, a House ban on head coverings has prohibited any person from wearing hats, headscarves, or any other type of headwear on the floor while the House was in session. But as Congress ...

For Rais Sulemainov, an Islamic scholar, those who defend the hijab for schoolgirls are "demagogues and populists". In fact, even before the Russian Revolution, Muslim women did not wear hijabs, ...

NEW YORK – New York s Sikh and Muslim transit workers will be allowed to wear religious head coverings without a government agency logo after years of bitter legal ...

(RNS) — This month, for the first time in history, Americans elected two Muslim women to the U.S. Congress. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who will represent Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, is the ...

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The first two Muslim women elected to Congress will soon be coming to Capitol Hill. And with them could come an end to a 181-year ban on headwear on the House floor. House Democrats are calling for ...

Congressional Democrats are poised to update Capitol Hill rules that would allow lawmakers such as Ilhan Omar to wear religious headwear in the House chamber. Congressional Democrats Nancy Pelosi, the ...