Jihadists order total cover-up for Syrian women: NGO

Last Updated: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 19:49

The jihadist Islamic State has imposed a strict dress code for women in eastern Syria, forbidding them from showing any part of their bodies, a monitoring group said on Thursday.

No change in policy over dress code on beaches: Parrikar

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 14:22

Weeks after his minister kicked up a row with his comment that bikinis should be banned, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday said the government`s policy on dress code at beaches remains unchanged and that any moral policing in the tourist destination would not be tolerated.

The language of dress code

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 14:49

It is a paradoxical case of societal norms versus what may be a practically simple thing to do and accept.

Iran urges enforcement of Hijab law

Last Updated: Monday, June 16, 2014, 11:41

Iranian lawmakers have called on for the enforcement of the Hijab law which demands women to observe Islamic dress code, media reported Monday.

Thousands protest breaches of Iran`s female dress code

Last Updated: Thursday, May 08, 2014, 00:13

Thousands of religious hardliners today protested in Tehran against what they said was the flouting of Iran`s conservative female dress code, media reports said.

Army admits `Pheran` gaffe, apologises to scribes

Last Updated: Saturday, February 22, 2014, 20:56

General Officer Commanding of the Army`s 15 Corps Lt Gen Gurmit Singh on Saturday admitted the dress code gaffe and apologised to the scribes.

British school bans Muslim teens for not shaving

Last Updated: Friday, October 04, 2013, 18:47

A Muslim family in Britain has claimed that its two teenage boys have been subjected to discrimination at school for not having shaved their beard. The school authorities said it was a matter of dress code, not religion.

Pak varsity adopts Taliban-style Islamic dress code

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 04, 2013, 18:20

A medical university in Pakistan`s militancy-wracked northwestern Peshawar city has introduced a conservative dress code for students in order to promote "Islamic values", invoking the ire of pupils.

AMU withdraws diktat banning jeans, movies, Internet for girls

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 11:05

In a bizzare diktat for girl students staying at hostels, the Aligarh Muslim University had asked the students to wear only salwar-kameez and dupatta.