Islam in Switzerland: Three-quarters of Swiss back a burka ban
Source: Swiss Info A nationwide ban on face-coverings – a de facto burka ban – would currently get the thumbs-up from 76% of Swiss voters, according to a poll […]
Hijab-clad girls dance on streets of India’s Kerala to take on trolls
Source: Reuters BY Roli Srivastava MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – “Flash mobs” of young women have taken to the streets in southern India to protest against the online trolling of […]
Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help?
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Toronto After a 46-year-old man was charged with assaulting a Muslim teenager on a busy commuter train in Vancouver, Canadians are asking why just one […]
Women and men in both parties say sexual harassment allegations reflect ‘widespread problems in society’
Epigraph Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely, Allah is well aware of what they do. […]
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani apologises for headscarf remark
Source: BBC News The Afghan president has apologised to women for remarks he made about the traditional headscarf. On Saturday, Ashraf Ghani responded to claims that some government officials have […]
Muslim student says she was ordered to remove headscarf at McDonald’s
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Greenfield and Kevin Rawlinson Fast food chain apologises to 19-year-old stopped from entering and repeatedly told her to take off hijab McDonald’s said it did not […]
Don’t be quick to celebrate the hijab-wearing Barbie
Source: AlJazeera By Shenila Khoja-Moolji 26 Nov 2017 It is no secret that Mattel Inc.’s Barbie doll has done well, not only in the US but also globally. The franchise […]
Stop trying to interfere with my right as a parent to dress my daughter in a hijab
Source: Letters to Independent Letter by Dr Siema Iqbal GP In between the crazy weekend cooking and endless school homework tasks, I have managed to carve a few minutes to […]
Inspectors to question primary school girls who wear hijab
Source: The Guardian By Richard Adams Ofsted head says move is to tackle situations in which wearing head covering ‘could be interpreted as sexualisation’ Most Islamic teaching requires head covering only […]
Video: Olympic Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Just Got Her Very Own Barbie
Olympic Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Just Got Her Very Own Barbie Source: Huffington Post By Alanna Vagianos; Women’s Editor, HuffPost The doll will be available in stores in 2018. Ibtihaj Muhammad […]
Fairfax teacher suspended after complaint that a student’s hijab was yanked off
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Svrluga November 16 A Fairfax County Public Schools teacher was placed on leave this week while the district investigates a complaint that he pulled the hijab […]
Barbie Gets a Hijab
Source: The New Yorker By Christina Binkley November 13, 2017 Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel In 1959, the […]
Network Faces Backlash After Putting White Woman In ‘Brownface’ To Appear Muslim
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A U.K. television program’s attempt to shed light on Islamophobia is proving controversial ― with some critics claiming that the show’s tactics amount to […]
Banning the niqab is bigoted and sexist. Or is it?
Source: The Globe and Mail BY MARGARET WENTE If you’re a liberal thinker, you probably know where you stand on Quebec’s controversial religious neutrality bill. You hate it. Banning women […]
Quebec’s anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada: Walkom
Source: The Star By THOMAS WALKOMNational Affairs Columnist The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada. It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of […]
Trudeau on Quebec face-cover ban: not our business to tell women what to wear
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Justin Trudeau has said it is not the government’s business to tell a woman what or what not to wear after the Canadian province […]
I Am A Proud American Muslim Woman, And Arizona Is Ready To Send Me To The Senate
Source: Huffington Post By Deedra Abboud, who is an attorney and expert on the art and science of finding solutions, not fault – at work, at home, and in the […]
Quebec bans face covering in public services, raising worries among Muslims
Source: The Globe and Mail BY Ingrid Peritz Quebec has adopted a law that will force people to show their faces when taking the bus or borrowing a book from the library, pushing ahead with legislation that is being criticized for targeting Muslim Canadian women. Bill 62, which the Justice […]
Quebec set to pass law banning face coverings for anyone receiving public service — even a bus ride
Source: CBC News Couillard government will hold vote on Bill 62 aimed at establishing ‘neutrality of the state’ By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News Posted: Oct 16, 2017 11:20 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 16, […]
‘I got a job after I removed my headscarf’
Source: BBC News Three people from ethnic minority backgrounds in Britain have told the BBC how they believe race inequality has affected their lives. One woman, Shazia Khan from Birmingham, […]