Playboy mag features first-ever Muslim woman in hijab

Playboy magazine, once famous for bunnies and soft porn, is featuring a Muslim woman wearing a hijab for the first time, in a spread that is drawing both praise and criticism.

American journalist Noor Tagouri appears in the magazine's October "Renegades" edition, a series that focuses on men and women "who risked it all – even their lives – to do what they love".

The 22-year-old journalist who works as a reporter for Newsy, a video news network, is featured wearing a black leather jacket, jeans, sneakers and a hijab, or headscarf, in the publication that describes her as an activist.