I’m a feminist, and I converted to Islam
By Theresa Corbin Editor’s note: Theresa Corbin is a writer living in New Orleans. She is the founder of Islamwich and a contributor to On Islam and Aquila Style. A version […]
Neither a Burqa nor a Bikini
Source: The Huffington Post By Zehra Mehdi-Barlas, Media Relations Manager, Communications Specialist and certified news-junkie Yes, I was fortunate enough to be born in a country and into a family […]
Australia lifts parliament ban on face coverings
Source: BBC Critics of the rule said women wearing niqabs or burkas were not an additional security threat Related Stories Australia PM urges burka ban rethink Australia’s home-grown terror threat […]
Muslim women say the ‘ban the burqa’ debate is inspiring positive conversation in Adelaide
Adelaidenow.com: by Amy Moran — Kathryn Jones, of Park Holme, with son Bilal, 4, says the recent controversy over the proposed burqa ban in Parliament House has made Muslim women […]
The Muslim Times’ collection about Hijab
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which is apparent […]
Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shirin Ebadi was the first and only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize in 2003. She was also the first […]
Covering Up With The Hijab May Aid Women’s Body Image
npr.org: by Michaeleen Doucleff — A contentious piece of clothing: Members of the Iranian women’s soccer team celebrate their win over Syria back in 2007. That year, the international soccer […]
Skaters leap to aid of Muslim women, lecture public for ignoring abuse
The Sydney Morning Herald: by Michael Mcgowan and Dan Proudman — James Turvey, Patrick Burgess, Justin Lanz and Mark Wojcik intervened in an alleged attack on two Muslim women. Photo: MAX MASON-HUBERS Patrick Burgess has a message for those who would stand by while minority groups are persecuted. “It’s the […]
Australian women wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslim community
For one week, Kate Leaney – a Christian woman – has donned a scarf on her head in the Islamic tradition. It’s not because she’s trying stay warm – rather, […]
Canberra Muslim woman stopped wearing hijab for fear of being attacked
Canberra Muslim woman Nurcan Baran says she has stopped wearing her hijab for fear of being attacked. On Thursday Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry approved new interim rules to force Muslim women who cover their faces to sit in a separate glass-enclosed public gallery in Federal Parliament. […]
Headscarf ban turns France’s Muslim women towards homeworking
theguardian: by Faiza Zerouala — Every day Meryem Belmokhtar turns her tidy sitting-room into a workshop. She lays out the equipment on the table, puts on rubber gloves and dips into various jars to make up 250g bags of sweets. Each packet is marked with her logo, featuring a stick […]
This non-Muslim woman is wearing a headscarf for all the right reasons
mamamia.com: by Alys Gagnon — Kate Leaney. In many ways, Kate Leaney is a pretty average 27-year-old Australian woman. She lives in Adelaide, holds down a full-time job, hangs out with friends and messes around on her social media in her quiet moments. But last week was quite different for […]
Asian Games: Qatar women's team pull out over hijab ban
Source: BBC The Qatar women’s basketball team has withdrawn from the Asian Games in South Korea after being denied permission to wear the hijab during games. The players were asked to remove the Islamic head scarf before taking on Mongolia but refused and forfeited. World basketball regulations list headgear and hair accessories […]
Asian Games: Qatar women’s team pull out over hijab ban
Source: BBC The Qatar women’s basketball team has withdrawn from the Asian Games in South Korea after being denied permission to wear the hijab during games. The players were asked to remove the Islamic head scarf before taking on Mongolia but refused and forfeited. World basketball regulations list headgear and hair accessories […]
My Muslim friend doesn't deserve your racist wrath
Source: The Canberra Times: By Jenna Price Columnist for The Canberra Times. I work with a child genius. She went from school to university, scored first-class honours and a full […]
My Muslim friend doesn’t deserve your racist wrath
Source: The Canberra Times: By Jenna Price Columnist for The Canberra Times. I work with a child genius. She went from school to university, scored first-class honours and a full […]
Africa Union troops 'raped' girls in Mogadishu, Somalia
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
Africa Union troops ‘raped’ girls in Mogadishu, Somalia
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
One in 10 girls sexually abused, says UN report
About 120 million girls around the world – slightly more than one in 10 – have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20, a UN report says. The children’s agency Unicef also says 95,000 children and teenagers – most of them in Latin America and the Caribbean […]
Study: Muslim Hijab Linked To Less Negative Body Image Among Women
Source: Science 20 Though to Western women, Muslim women in the Mid-East and Asia seem oppressed because they have no choice in wearing a hijab, the Islamic head- and body-cover […]