Glamocracy Palin's Purdah, Bristol's Arranged Marriage: Sarah Palin Is A More Traditional Muslim Than I Am! In honor of today's Muslim holiday, Eid al Fitr (Eid Mubarik to you all!), I wanted to ...

Pre-election restrictions on ministers and civil servants come into force on 30 March. Winnie Agbonlahor explains the rules If you work for the UK government or a local authority you have probably ...

Kozhikode: Purdah or nikab resorted to by some Muslim women has become an issue at several polling booths. Election officials at polling booths in Malabar wanted women wearing purdah to lift the veil ...

The term is used to describe the period between the time the election is announced and the date the election is held and imposes a ban on promotional material produced by central and local government ...

Even in the current polarised and overheated political atmosphere, the charge of “liar” is a strong one. Still too potent for parliamentary usage, the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has ...

The word Purdah is derived from the Urdu and Persian word parda meaning "veil or curtain" and often refers to the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or ...

Human Rights Initiative, a civil rights organisation, has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), regarding the disenfranchisement of some Muslim women in Purdah during the ...

To block any new or controversial government initiatives which could be seen to be advantageous to any candidates or parties in the forthcoming election, or which may commit any incoming new ...

A FOREIGN journalist friend working in Pakistan was perplexed after visiting the family of Salmaan Taseer’s assassin near Islamabad. She was intrigued that the men from the assassin’s family while ...

Suddenly, Muslim women in South find purdah the next-best thing. It all started in Iran first. CHENNAI: Fashion these days, cynics would say, is more about flesh. Low-waist jeans, tank tops, low-cut ...