Nagina Khan (left) pictured with Hanna Begum and Lizzetta Grainger, said the sessions have created a positive impact on the Bangladeshi female community [BIC] A women only swimming session has been ...

Stuyvesant High School has eliminated girls-only swimming classes, forcing female Muslim students to sacrifice the modesty their religion demands if they want to earn a prestigious diploma. Stuyvesant ...

“Usually I’d have to fix my scarf while I’m in the pool, but if you’re in an environment where it’s just girls, you don’t really care and you can swim, you’re more comfortable,” student Sajiah Naqib ...

A Muslim school and five of its families will receive $50,000 total as part of a settlement with a Delaware city where several children were asked to leave a public pool over the summer because of ...

In December 2017, filmmaker Elizabeth Rodgers was looking for her next project: a story about “Boise as a welcoming city.” She had finished three micro-documentaries about Boise artists two years ...

Nike introduced a new line of modest swimwear Tuesday and it has already created a lot of buzz. Muslim American women are weighing in and the modest swimwear is definitely making a splash, especially ...

PARIS – A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit – dubbed a “burquini” – may have opened a new chapter in France’s tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code. Officials ...

On the east coast of Africa lies the Zanzibar archipelago, where the locals greet you warmly with “Hakuna Matata,” the Swahili word for “no worries.” It’s a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania that ...

GENEVA — In the latest move to deny citizenship to those who balk at Swiss culture, authorities rejected the naturalization application of two Muslim girls who refused to take school swimming lessons ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Wednesday that Muslim girls must take part in school swimming lessons with boys, in a landmark decision that touches on the sensitive relationship between ...