The hijab is typically a scarf that covers the hair ... and sometimes with a separate transparent eye veil. The burka is the most concealing - covering the entire face and body, leaving just ...

Ms Khan and millions of Muslim women in India wear the hijab and the burka every day - but the choice has turned controversial in recent weeks. It started when students at a pre-university college ...

Whether a simple headscarf or a head-to-toe cover such as the chaddor or burka, Muslim women’s covered dress has ... For many women, wearing the hijab in the Muslim world today is not the continuation ...

During the hijab row, Bibi Muskan Khan, a college student from Mandya in Karnataka, faced opposition from saffron-clad male students when she entered her campus wearing a burqa (veil).