Faatema Mayat pulls out of her handbag a black triangular piece of cotton and dangles it in front of her eyes. "I call it a ninja," she says. "I keep it in my bag. When I leave the house I get my keys ...

As modesty remains a controversial issue among Christians, open to differing interpretations of Biblical standards, one St Andrew clergyman is calling for balance between personal expression and ...

KOMAKI, Japan — Buried in antiquity, the origins of Tagata Shrine and its annual festival remain misty. But the reason for the festival’s ever-growing popularity is clear. Indeed, it’s so obvious that ...

The banning of religious symbols in French public schools has evoked the issue of the veil in Islam, as well as that of the core Muslim beliefs and practices. The banning of religious symbols in ...

At the end of Parshat Balak, we encounter the plot of Bilaam to inflict damage on Am Yisrael via the immodesty of the women of Moav. Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, head of Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim, ...