by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2014 | Sports
Zurich, AP—Soccer’s global governing body FIFA will officially allow male and female players to cover their heads during soccer matches for religious reasons. The decision was approved a meeting of the sport’s rules-making panel, the International Football Association...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 1, 2013 | World
Istanbul, AP—Four female lawmakers wearing headscarves walked into Turkey’s parliament in Ankara on Thursday, marking an end to the ban on the Muslim symbol in the chamber that was imposed in the early days of the Turkish Republic. Still, the issue of where...