Is Hijab An Obstacle for Muslim Women Living In Canada?
Source: The Huffington Post When I made the decision to move to Canada, I was terrified. I feared that I would not be able to get used to life here. […]
Video: Australia Beauty Queen Rachael Finch wears Hijab for a day
Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation. According to the 2011 census, 476,291 people, or 2.2% of the total Australian population, were Muslims.[1] This made Islam the fourth largest […]
Stupid Questions Asked to Muslim Women
Source: Huffington Post By Asmaa AbuMezied Researcher, Economic Development and Social Change Fellow As a Muslim woman, I had my share of questions regarding my religion, my culture and my so […]
Video: One Filmmaker’s Mission To Humanize Women Who Wear The Hijab
Huff Post: Faiza Ambah joins HuffPost Live to discuss her critically-acclaimed film, “Mariam.” Her film tells the story of a veiled Muslim teenager who must decide between keeping her hijab, […]
City of Ottawa to celebrate World Hijab Day on 25th
This Thursday, February 25, 2016, the city of Ottawa will be holding a public event celebrating the hijab, to show solidarity with Muslim women and diffuse Islamophobia. The City for […]
SWITZERLAND: Thousands demand headscarf ban in Valais
SCHOOL DRESSCODE FEB 22, 2016 – 20:54 Two young women studying in Zurich (Keystone) With an eye on Muslim hijab, Swiss People’s Party members in canton Valais have collected more than 4,000 signatures calling for a ban on headgear in public schools – despite a recent federal court decision rejecting […]
Bosnia Judicial Authorities Uphold Hijab Ban, Despite Protests
Source: RFERL Bosnia-Herzegovina’s supervising judicial authority has upheld a ban on wearing the Islamic head scarf and other religious symbols in courts and other legal institutions. The decision to uphold […]
Meet Hijarbie, the popular doll wearing Muslim fashion
Source: Aljazeera An Instagram account featuring a doll wearing the Islamic veil in a number of fashionable ways has attracted tens of thousands of followers. Haneefah Adam, a 24-year-old Masters […]
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Obsession Over Muslim Women
Source: Huffington Post By Atif Rashid Freelance writer, community events organiser, speaker on religious platforms and aspiring journalist One shouldn’t be too surprised over the endless pursuit of issues regarding Muslim […]
Non-Muslim Minnesotans are donning the hijab to show support
Source: Star Tribune Nade Conrad’s long black hair disappeared under the cover of a lilac hijab. “I feel different,” she said. Conrad, who is not Muslim, had donned the scarf […]
Bosnian women protest against hijab ban in judiciary
UPSET: Hundreds of women in hijab protest in Sarajevo on Sunday. (AFP). The Muslim Times has most extensive collection on the subject of Hijab Source: Arab News and AFP SARAJEVO: […]
The head scarf, modern Turkey, and me.
Source: The New Yorker BY ELIF BATUMAN In 1924, a year after founding the Turkish Republic on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the country’s new leader, […]
American Muslim Women Explain Why They Do — Or Don’t — Cover
Source : NPR Editor’s note: A previous version of this piece was published prematurely and contained a number of errors and mischaracterizations of Tom Gjelten’s original reporting. We have corrected […]
Edmonton Muslim Teen, Forgives Store Owner After Being Refused Service
“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies For Olympics, Will Become First U.S. Athlete To Compete In A Hijab
By Brandon Penny | Feb. 02, 2016, 4:57 a.m. (ET) Before even scoring a point, Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by being the first […]
The difference between a hijab and headscarf
The Muslim Times’ collection about Hijab Source: Huffington Post By Rawan AbuShaban: She likes hummus. Hijab has been the topic of longstanding debates in both western and mainstream Islamic discourses alike. However, how […]
France is Right To Ban The Veil – A Debate
This is a debate from 2010 and is equally relevant today 5 years later. For the Muslim Times’ collection of articles about Hijab, please click here.
David Cameron needs to look beyond the veil
Source: The Guardian By Remona Aly For a man with an in-tray that never empties, David Cameron has strange priorities. This week, with the world economy shaking perilously and the EU […]
‘Hijabis Of New York’ Gives Muslim Women The Attention They Deserve
Source: Huffington Post Activist and student Rana Abdelhamid hopes to dispel common misconceptions about the hijab — a highly-politicized head covering worn by some Muslim women — with her Tumblr […]
The Hawkins Question: Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
Source: Huffington Post Saadia Faruqi Author, interfaith activist and law enforcement trainer As an interfaith activist, the question of God comes up surprisingly frequently in my discussions. Who do we […]