A woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf in public in late December has been sentenced to two years in prison, an Iranian prosecutor has said.

A group representing Muslim women in Ireland says those who choose to wear the hijab come across relatively little negative attention.

British police are investigating a suspected hate crime after a man was accused of trying to pull off a Muslim woman’s hijab and spitting at her friend.

They believe it is no wonder Muslim women are synonymous with words such as submissive, passive, oppressed, victim, writes Alison O’Connor

There will be an opportunity for people to try on a hijab and to chat with local Muslim women at Waterford Institute of Technology next month.