What is a burka? Covering the full ... A chador is usually black and those who wear one must grasp the chador closed at the front as it has no clasps or fastenings. A smaller headscarf is commonly ...

Hijab, burqa, niqab, chador: Muslim women's traditional clothing you should know about While social media is flared up with the 'hijab controversy' discussions, many of us may not be knowing about ...

Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other styles of Islamic dress to make up for lost ...

Explained: the differences between the burka, niqab, hijab, chador and dupatta. (ABC News: Lucy Fahey)The use of the term burka in Australia is often confused with what is actually the niqab.

A few years ago, someone from the Feminist Majority Foundation called the Muslim Women's League to ask if she could "borrow a burka" for a photo shoot the organization was doing to draw attention ...

A lot of that informed me conceiving The Red Chador. It's the rise of Islamophobia, the rise of misogyny, It's also being in Paris and knowing that the burqa was banned.

Last year, the city of Brussels fined only 29 women — down from 33 in 2008 — for wearing a burqa-type dress. In Belgium, local rules ban the burqa, but enforcement is spotty and the new law ...

The burka is the most concealing and is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body, often leaving a mesh screen to see through. ... Other face coverings include a shayla, chador, khimar and an ...

Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other styles of Islamic dress to make up for lost ...

Hijab, niqab, burka - there are lots of different kinds of headscarves worn by Muslim women all over the world. ... The chador, worn by many Iranian women when outside the house, ...

Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other styles of Islamic dress to make up for lost ...

Muslim women wearing (from top left), a hijab, niqab, chador and burka. AFP/Getty Images Muslim women in various head coverings. From left, Pierre Obendrauf, Khaled Kesouki, Fabrice Coffrini, N/A ...