ANKARA, Turkey – A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in favor of Turkey’s ban on head scarves at universities has stoked a confrontation between the Islamic-rooted government and the ...

France seems blameless for the war in Iraq, yet French citizens in the Middle East have been attacked and kidnapped by insurgents who have demanded the revoking of the French ban on head scarves and ...

BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic ...

GRANADA, Spain - European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen sported a scarf with Islamic art motifs that she had received as a spontaneous gift from a tour guide in the southern Spanish city ...

The court upheld a decision that companies can ban head scarves or other religious symbols in the workplace in the interest of “a neutral image.” By Liz Alderman and Melissa Eddy The European Union’s ...