Source: Associated Press By Cindy Boren Sixteen-year-old Amaiya Zafar was about to put on her gloves Sunday at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships inhij, Fla., when officials called off the impending fight. Zafar, a devout Muslim from Oakdale, Minn., wears a hijab under her headgear as well as a […]
The Qur’an Does Not Mandate Hijab By Ibrahim B. Syed, New Age Islam 09 November 2016 In my previous communication I wrote that the Qur’an aims to eliminate all sources of temptations and enticement in society, and does not want women should bear the brunt of the burden in this […]
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt November 21 Zaineb Abdulla, 24, is organizing self-defense classes particularly for Muslim women. (Courtesy of Zaineb Abdullah) Zaineb Abdulla says she was about 8 years old the first time someone spit on her for being Muslim. The 24-year-old — who wears a hijab, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Zainab Salbi Founder of Women for Women International, Media Host of The Zainab Salbi Project and Nida’a Show If you want to understand the rise of Islamophobia […]
Also read the commentary on this article by ALIX CULBERTSON in the Daily and Sunday Express of UK: “A LEADING Muslim religious commentator has said he “abhors” the Burka for […]
Source: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION By Aaron Gould Sheinin State Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, said Thursday he will withdraw his proposed legislation that would ban women from wearing burqas on public property in Georgia. Spencer filed the bill on Monday, the first day lawmakers could present legislation to be considered when the Legislature returns in […]
Source: The Daily Sabah The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) gave permission Thursday for a female Muslim basketball player to wear her headscarf while playing. The federation announced that 18-year-old Noha […]
Source: Detroit Free Press Ann Arbor police are looking for a man who demanded that a University of Michigan student remove her hijab, a headscarf often worn by Muslim women, or be set on fire with a lighter. The woman complied, according to a crime alert from the university’s division of […]
By Zubair Khan From last 3 years by the grace of Almighty, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia participates in Croatian International Book Fair known as Interliber. It is organised in famous Exhibition halls of Croatian capital city of Zagreb. Spread over two very big halls hundreds of exhibitors enact their stalls […]
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins and Fred Barbash A student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette fabricated a story that she was attacked and had her hijab rippped off, police said Thursday. The attack was one of several reported in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Larimer Nura Afia’s YouTube channel has thousands and thousands of subscribers. You can see her here, giving a smoky eye makeup tutorial. And here, going over […]
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Rome (CNN) Pope Francis’ resounding no to women becoming priests may come as a surprise considering the popular narrative of him as a reformer who seeks […]
The middle section of this interview is about women rights, segregation and Hijab in Islam, starting at minute 11 of this video. Peter Mansbridge One on One with Hazrat Mirza […]
Source: Dawn By Sidra Khan; Rawalpindi WELL, I am new to my self-chosen hijab world but I can feel the problems hijabi girls go through every day. These five months are […]
theguardian: by Matthew Weaver — Newsreader Fatima Manji condemns decision by press regulator Ipso as ‘fundamentally flawed’ in appeal Fatima Manji. Ipso ruled that in the context of the Nice attack, MacKenzie had a right to question her headdress under free speech. Photograph: Twitter The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned […]
Source: The Guardian By Matthew Weaver The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned whether the press regulator will ever prohibit hate speech on the grounds of religion after it cleared the Sun […]
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Source: https://www.rabwah.net/canadian-mp-shuts-down-headscarf-critic/ Canadian female Ministers had to face criticism online after they welcomed a Muslim leader to the Parliament while wearing a head covering. The ‘Khalifa of Islam‘ who is the worldwide head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was welcomed to Canadian Parliament by several Ministers including Debb Schulte and Judy Srgo. […]
Woman accuses Trump of touching her breast outside U.S. Open in 1998 Source: Yahoo News Another woman came forward Thursday accusing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of “inappropriate sexual conduct” […]
Source: ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL By Katy Barnitz / Journal Staff Writer Khawla Abdel-Haq said she felt like she’d been undressed when Gill Parker Payne pulled the hijab off her head during a flight to Albuquerque in December, “He violated me, not just took off my scarf,” she said in an interview after […]