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The article reports that a day before anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, a British Muslim woman, dressed in Islamic attire, has been attacked in New York and her clothing set on fire and the New York City Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is trying to determine the attack's motive.

The article reports on the suspension of a local ban on wearing head-to-foot burkini swimsuits by France's highest administrative court, setting a precedent in a highly charged national debate over French identity and Muslim clothing. It is sated that Judges ruled that fundamental freedoms have been violated by the mayor's order. According to burkini critics, permitting the swimwear on beaches accords radical Islamism a creeping influence on French society.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in previous issues including "France's Burkini Bigotry," in the August 19, 2016, and "French Towns Battle to Ban Muslim Women's Beach Attire," in the August 18, 2016.

The article reports that Germany has proposed to ban Islamic veils for women called burkini in its society like France.

This article reports how women in Saudi Arabia have adopted their traditional, and required, abayas to express a certain amount of individual fashion style. The abaya is the all-black full body covering that all women are required to wear while out in public. Recently, the abayas have become tailored to fit the figure, while some utlize embroidery to distinguish themselves. INSET: A Guide for Women Travelers to Riyadh.

The article offers information on the Cool Dry hijab from Veil and its trend for the Muslim women in Cleveland, Ohio. Topics discussed include an overview of the business of Veil owned by entrepreneur Ahmad Ghanem, the design and manufacture of the hijab, and the trend and proliferation of the fabric in the market.

The article reports on the opinions expressed by Muslim women regarding their practice of wearing a traditional head scarf called Niqab in public places and mentions their interpretation of the traditional head scarf as a sign of religious devotion.

The article reports on the launch of an online marketing website by high-fashion retailer Net-A-Porter Ltd., which features men's and women's clothing and garments in celebration of Ramadan season which starts on July 17, 2015.

Takes a look at the issue of head scarves on university campuses in Turkey where a ban on the wearing of clothing deemed to be religious has been a divisive issue since the late 1980s. The two opposing views on the issue; Why female students in head scarves often play a subversive role within the Islamist movement; How Islamist students see themselves; Comments from Nilufer Gole, a sociology professor at Bogazici University in Istanbul.

The article reports on the protest of Iranian men and women in black chadors in Iran's capital of Tehran on May 7, 2014 urging the government to arrest all women who are improperly veiled.

The article reviews an exhibition of Islamic fashion by sister designers Ece and Ayşe Ege at London's Victoria & Albert Museum in England through April 21, 2014.

The article describes the Islamic dress worn by a woman living in Canada.

CAIRO -- Naglaa Ali Mahmoud wears an Islamic head covering that drapes down to her knees, did not attend college and never took her husband's last name, because that is a Western convention that few Egyptians follow. She also refuses the title of first lady, in favor of simply Um Ahmed, a traditional nickname that identifies her as the mother of Ahmed, her eldest son. Egypt has a new leader, Mohamed Morsi, the first president to hail from the Muslim Brotherhood. And it also has Ms. Mahmoud, 50, whose profile is so ordinary by contemporary Egyptian standards as to make her elevation extraordinary. Ms. Mahmoud could hardly be more different from her predecessors, Suzanne Mubarak and Jihan el-Sadat: aloof, half-British fashion plates with well-coiffed hair and advanced degrees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly backed a measure on Thursday that would ban burqa-type Islamic dress in public. The bill must be passed by the senate in order to become law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- Many scholars of Islam will tell you that nothing in the Koran requires a Muslim woman to cover her face -- that its rules for proper Islamic dress are ambiguous and limited. ''Say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty,'' it says. It adds, ''They should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their ornaments.'' Even Khadija, the first wife of the prophet Muhammad and a successful businesswoman, who surely guarded her modesty, is believed to have bared her face in public. Historically, in the Middle East, it was often tribal Bedouin women who covered their faces, sometimes with decorative masklike veils dripping with coins that announced the value of their bank accounts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the common styles of veils worn by Muslims.

It is a measure of France's confusion about Islam and its own Muslim citizens that in the political furor here over ''banning the burqa,'' as the argument goes, the garment at issue is not really the burqa at all, but the niqab. A burqa is the all-enveloping cloak, often blue, with a woven grill over the eyes, that many Afghan women wear, and it is almost never seen in France. The niqab, often black, leaves the eyes uncovered. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The French agency devoted to combating discrimination has determined that the burqa, the all-encompassing garment that some Muslim women wear, violates French values and inhibits integration into French society. ''The burqa is a sign of the submission of women that surpasses its religious aspect and could be considered as a breach of republican values,'' the agency, the High Authority for the Fight Against Discrimination and for Equality, said in a ruling, the daily newspaper La Croix reported Thursday. The decision means that women will not be permitted to wear burqas or niqabs, a related garment, in state-sponsored French-language classes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Local governments in a Muslim desert region in western China have imposed strict limits on religious practices during the traditional Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began last week, according to the Web sites of four of those governments. The rules include prohibiting women from wearing veils and men from growing beards, as well as barring government officials from observing Ramadan. One town, Yingmaili, requires that local officials check up on mosques at least twice a week during Ramadan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Turkey's highest court dealt a stinging slap to the governing party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, ruling that a legal change allowing women attending universities to wear head scarves was unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court said in a brief statement that the change, proposed by Mr. Erdogan's party and passed by Parliament in February, violated principles of secularism set in Turkey's Constitution. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Like dozens of other Pakistani-American girls here, Hajra Bibi stopped attending the local public school when she reached puberty, and began studying at home. Her family wanted her to clean and cook for her male relatives, and had also worried that other American children would mock both her Muslim religion and her traditional clothes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses a ruling in an Egyptian court which decided that American University in Cairo cannot prevent any women wearing traditional Islamic dress from entering its library. Officials at the university had banned the niqab style of headdress allegedly for security reasons. However, the High Administrative Court upheld that the headdress is a cultural expression and is protected as a personal freedom. Elijah Zarwan of the Egypt chapter of Human Rights Watch said that Egyptians who did not support the niqab still felt that women should decide for themselves what they will wear. Other universities in Egypt including Helwan University and Minufiyah University have experienced incidents or protests related to traditional Islamic clothing.

The article focuses on the enforcement of the law concerning modest dressing of women according to Islam, in Iran. Many women have reacted angrily when asked to wear long, loose clothings and to cover their hair according to the law since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam, Tehran chief of police, said that authorities would avoid force with the law violators and urge them to dress appropriately. However, the news media and many government sectors are urging caution.

The article offers world news briefs related to the church and society. A requiem was led by a Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnam on March 16-18, 2007 for people killed on both sides of the war. The British Government states that on March 20, 2007, schools will be allowed to ban pupils from wearing full-face Muslim. Catholic officials in South Africa said that they are not prepared to meet the needs of thousands of people fleeing political and economic problems in Zimbabwe.

The author presents his views on the decision of Fashion East designer Louise Goldin to send a model down the catwalk wearing an outfit inspired by Islamic clothing, particularly the niqab, the full-face veil, during London, England's fashion week in 2007. He reveals that London is not the only place where Islamic-inspired clothing has appeared, because "Marie Claire" has ran a photo shoot of models wearing hijabs and black dresses, in December 2006. He cites some of the teachings of the Koran about husbands and wives.

The article provides an author's opinion on the banning of the burqa or limit the public use of the Muslim headscarf or hijab in the U.S. She notes that the idea of difference, of cultural separation, symbolized by those barriers to integration and communication makes many parts of the Western countries uneasy. On the other hand, she added that all people around the world could use a good conversation about the role of dress in public arenas and the place of religious dress in secular societies.

The article presents information on the criticism of the hijab in Egypt. The hijab is the Islamic style of dressing in which a woman covers her head and neck beneath a scarf and drapes her body in loose-fitting clothes to hide her figure. The debate today is not that women cover their head, but how veiled or modest they should be. Islamists are winning on calls on women to cover themselves. The religious resurgence is redefining Egypt's culture, politics, and national identity.

Focuses on the wedding of two young Iraqis, Shayma Hamid and Ali Dakhil Alawi, who recently were married in Baghdad. Increase in Iraqi weddings despite chaotic conditions; Details of the romance; Description of the celebrations; Shiite traditions; Outlook for the newlyweds.

Presents views on the decision on French President Jacques Chirac to impose a ban on the wearing of headscarves by Muslim schoolgirls.

Focuses on the social and political aspects of women's clothing in Iran, where more young urban women desire modern clothing, rather than the traditional hijab. Mention of Katayoun Alf, a clothing designer who caters to women with more modern tastes, in spite of government-dictated religious rules; Observation that millions of Iranian women still wear the hijab, a long shapeless robe which was an outgrowth of Islamic Sharia law, as part of their devotion to Islam; View that women desire to display their individuality in how they dress, and that some resent the intrusion of government religious law into their lives.

Focuses on the decision of the French government to ban the wearing of Muslim scarves in its schools. Reasons for the ban; Data about France's Muslim population; Stance of the Socialist Government on the issue; Comment by Le Monde on the issue; Reaction of The Federation of National Education on the government's decision; Details of the raids by the French police on the Islamic militants.

Discusses the arrest of two Muslim women in Virginia for wearing veils in public. Reasons for the arrest; Investigation of the arrest.