Source: Reuters BY Emily Wither (Reuters) – Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised […]
Source: BBC By Faranak Amidi; Women’s Affairs reporter, BBC World Service On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known as a maghnaeh, covering my […]
Source: Open Democracy By Nandini Archer 7 From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being a Muslim and a feminist’. […]
Source: The Chronicle Herald Quebec’s new minister responsible for the status of women faced criticism Wednesday after saying she considers the hijab to be a symbol of oppression. Speaking to […]
ALMATY (Reuters) – An Uzbek imam who ran into trouble for urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a school headscarf ban said he has left the mainly Muslim nation […]
Source: Huffington Post The Muslim congresswoman-elect will be the first hijab-wearing member of the House. By Alanna Vagianos As a hijab-wearing, Somali-American refugee, Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota knows just […]
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Source: Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — For the first time since Bosnia’s ethnic war, a woman who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf has become a lawmaker in the […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner Maram Al-Shammari was playing outside during recess when she felt a tug on the back of her head. She turned around […]
Source: Patheos By Farouq Peru I believe the Muslim world needs a #NoHijabDay to return the power of choice to Muslim women! The hijab, more than any other cultural signal, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Muslims and other religious groups in Quebec are concerned about the new right-wing ruling party’s plans to bar certain public employees from wearing religious […]
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Tracy Swartz Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune A documentary about a tenured Wheaton College professor who lost her job after she posted pictures of herself in a hijab […]
Source: The Guardian BY Martin Patriquin in Montreal As an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Maha Kassef should be in high demand: the city is in the midst of a […]
Moderation: Anne Françoise Weber Die Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch zu Gast auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 (David Kohlruss) Die muslimische Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch ist durch Talkshow-Auftritte und Artikel zum […]
Source: Letter to Independent The disconnect between understanding faith and understanding culture is bizarre in this country. Many seem to be under the impression that this is still a “Christian country” despite […]
Source: Independent Letters Maajid Nawaz’s tweet that Marks and Spencer “facilitates medievalism” by selling children’s hijabs in the schoolwear category is deplorable. Comments like Nawaz’s fuel the flames of antagonism […]
Source: Star Adveriser By Dan Nakaso Laycie Tobosa spent months convincing drivers’ license officials in Hilo that she was not required to remove her traditional Muslim head scarf — or hijab […]
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics 20216. by: Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and […]
Suggested Reading Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize Iranian Woman wins Highest Prize in Math – Fields Medal The Muslim Times has the best collection to refute Islamophobia […]
Source: Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said […]
