Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan made history this week. In a country where Muslim women have been fired and rejected […]
Source: The New York Times By DIAA HADID Our correspondent Diaa Hadid is one of millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca MECCA, Saudi Arabia — “Sister, where are […]
Source: BBC By Saira Asher A collection presented at New York Fashion Week is the first time every model walked the event’s runway wearing a hijab. Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan’s […]
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins A Muslim woman wearing traditional garments had her clothes set on fire by a man with a lighter as she shopped on a crowded […]
Malika Bayan sits in a in court in Stavanger Norway Thursday Sept. 8, 2016. A Norwegian court STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian court has found a hairdresser guilty of […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash September 11 at 6:00 PM HOD HASHARON, Israel — One of the most jarring images of the summer was of French police demanding […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Khola Maryam Hübsch on Burkini Ban from Rabwah TV on Vimeo. Ahmadiyya Muslim Journalist Khola Maryam Hübsch appearance on ZDF talk show “Maybrit Illner” on September 1st, The topic of discussion was “Stranger in a new home – who belongs to Germany?” The guests included: • Aydan Özoğuz […]
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
Source: NPR At one end of Orlando’s Fashion Square mall, between a karate store and a comic book emporium, is a clothing boutique called Verona. It’s stocked with long-sleeved caftans, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Yvonne Allen went to renew her driver’s license, she wasn’t expecting to discuss the Bible. But she soon found herself trying to […]
Huff Post: by Jonathan Stempel — Yvonne Allen says her Christian faith compels her to cover her hair in public. The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman’s religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking […]
Source: Independent By Jon Stone The British public want to ban Muslim women from wearing the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming margin of more than two-to-one, a poll has […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sarene Alsharif, MPH; Nutritionist, mom and loving wife trying to make a positive impact in this world. My life is normal. I like to believe I […]
Source: Muftah By Qasim Rashid After intense international pressure, France’s highest court overturned the “Burkini” ban on Friday, August 26, 2016. Before the move, over a dozen French cities had banned the burkini. Most recently, armed officers forced a Muslim woman to dress down under threat of pepper spray and arrest, […]
Source: Times of Israel By Simone Klugman This summer the burkini (a bathing costume which covers all of a woman’s body except for the face) made a brief appearance on […]
Source: Times of Israel By Melanie Lindman Burkinis may be a contentious issue on French beaches following an attempt in 30 coastal towns to ban the full-cover “Islamic” bathing suit […]
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER TEL AVIV — Even as France has started an international debate about whether some women cover up too much on the beach, […]
Source: NPR France, Bulgaria, Belgium and the Netherlands all have different kinds of bans on wearing burqas in public. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to German journalist Janek Schmidt about the proposal. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A French court has ruled that officials cannot prohibit women from wearing burqinis. That’s the full-body […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, saidFrench bans on full-body burkini swimsuits will cause a division in the country, making it more […]
Source: The Guardian A woman wears a burkini on the beach in Marseille, France. Photograph: Reuters Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A majority of mayors who have banned burkinis in about 30 French coastal resorts are refusing to lift the restrictions despite the country’s highest administrative court ruling that the bans […]