JAKARTA – Ifa Hanifah Misbach was 19 when her father died – and her family told her he would not go to heaven because she refused to wear the hijab, a Muslim head covering. Misbach now works as a ...

Ifa Hanifah Misbach was just 19 when her father died. Her family told her he would not go to heaven because she refused to wear the hijab - a Muslim head covering. 26 years on, Misbach now works as a ...

TAKENGON, Indonesia (Reuters) - Devi Apriliyani turns heads when the carnival she works with comes to town. The slight 20-year-old, clad in a hijab headscarf and without a helmet, performs a daring ...

The Indonesian government has dropped a ban on female troops, who will raise the national flag during the main Independence Day ceremony on Aug. 17, from wearing a hijab after strong criticism from ...

GARUT, Indonesia (Reuters) - With their heads covered with Islamic headscarves, the three members of the Indonesian band VoB ("Voice of Baceprot" or "Noisy Voice") do not look like your typical heavy ...

Three Muslim teens in Indonesia are taking on religious conservatives who think hijab-wearing women must be quiet, submissive, and shy. When the three jam as “Voice of Baceprot” at concerts across the ...

Sari Oktafiana receives funding from Research Foundation Flanders, VLIR-UOS. Late last month, a high school teacher in the Indonesian province of Yogyakarta reportedly forced a female Muslim student ...

JAKARTA--Cosmetics maker Kao Corp. has developed an antiperspirant to provide comfort for Muslim women who wear hijab in hot and humid Indonesia. Nearly 90 percent of the country’s population of about ...

They've been called a "hijab trio," and these three young metalheads in Voice of Baceprot from Indonesia are getting worldwide attention, and now a new documentary. We talked about Voice of Baceprot ...

JAKARTA, March 18 (Reuters) - Ifa Hanifah Misbach was 19 when her father died - and her family told her he would not go to heaven because she refused to wear the hijab, a Muslim head covering. Misbach ...