The right to wear the hijab is a personal choice, which Abbas says has been co-opted by the societal “need to control women's bodies and the perceptions of what people think women's bodies ...

“I told this colleague, ‘Hey, I’m drawing a line, mate’, and moved on to making a formal complaint. ... made history as the first female Australian parliamentarian to wear a hijab.

My decision to wear a hijab is a testament to my identity, faith and resilience and not a stereotype that should be internalized at the expense of Muslim students and staff. As educators, we are ...

FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, has allowed women to wear head scarves during play since 2014, with the first hijab-wearing player competing in the Women’s World Cup last year.