Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a "clear violation of religious freedoms", adding the move would exacerbate prejudices against Muslim women in Europe.

Turkey condemns EU court ruling on headscarf ban as violation of freedoms

Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union's top court said on Thursday in a ruling on two cases brought by women in Germany who were suspended from their jobs for wearing one.

Hijab can be banned at work under certain conditions, rules EU court

Iranian women could now face a jail term up to a decade for posting their pictures online without their headscarves or hijab. According to media reports, scores of Iranian women have joined an online movement wherein they post their videos and photos sans headscarves on social media and send them a US-based activist who found a campaign to oppose the hijab.

Iranian women could face 10-year prison term for posting pictures, videos online sans headscarves

Women in Christchurch wore makeshift hijabs as a statement of peace and solidarity on Friday, a week after a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims at two mosques in the southern New Zealand city.

Kiwi women don headscarves in solidarity with Muslim victims

Social media witnessed posts featuring pictures and videos of Iranian women removing their headscarves

Iran: Women take off their hijab to fight veil law

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