How Muslim women are targeted in ‘progressive’ circles
Nadia Ahmad 1 August 2024 From the Paris Olympics to US elections, true inclusivity requires more than lip service Women pose with a banner reading ‘football for all’, protesting […]
Olympic-sized headaches a problem for Paris
ANDREW HAMMOND July 28, 2024 Many governments still believe that hosting major sporting contests commands significant prestige, yet that assessment may be sorely tested with the huge challenges facing the […]
France: Hijab bans in French sport expose discriminatory double standards ahead of Olympic and Paralympic Games
NEWS July 16, 2024 The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws and exposes the discriminatory hypocrisy of French authorities and the craven weakness of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said Amnesty International in a new report published […]
‘Keep it outside classroom’: tough lessons for hijab-wearing Hong Kong graduate seeking work as kindergarten teacher
After graduating from Hong Kong’s oldest university and dreaming of becoming a kindergarten teacher, Saana Qalsoom did not expect her hijab to affect her job search. Qalsoom, 24, said she decided to wear the head covering every day a few years ago as an expression of religious devotion, but was […]
USC vetoed a Muslim student’s graduation speech for her pro-Palestinian views. Why?
OpinionFreedom of speech Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan The California university cancelled Asna Tabassum’s speech because of ‘security concerns’. The real reason is cowardice Fri 26 Apr 2024 When Asna Tabassum, […]
British man investigated for hate crime after viral racist rant against Muslim women
The incident occurred on Saturday in Romford when a white male, wearing glasses, targeted the group, some of whom were wearing hijabs and pushing shopping trolleys. (Screenshot) ARAB NEWS April […]
Controverisial dress code at sport’s biggest party
© BBC Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first Muslim athlete to compete for the United States while wearing hijab when she won fencing bronze at Rio 2016© Getty Images Resting next to the Seine river, the Cite du Cinema is best known for film-making. By July, though, its cavernous studio spaces will be […]
NYC to pay $17.5M to Muslim women forced to remove headscarves
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK APR 05, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A line of police cars are parked along a street in Times Square, New York, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (AP […]
Beyond the Veil: “The Hijab, Media Narratives, and Questions of Autonomy”
Alia Huda SaqibPURDAH AND VEILING•WOMEN AND ISLAM 8th March 2024 © Shutterstock Unrestricted and unbridled, you have the liberty,Until you deviate from the established norm,A deviation they steadfastly refuse to […]
My headscarf, my choice!
19th February 2024 Lubna Waheed, UK Recently, it was World Hijab Day, a day to celebrate the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women. It made me think about how I’ve […]
Has World Hijab Day accomplished its mission?
Some 11 years after its inception, has World Hijab Day sufficiently raised awareness of what it means to be a visibly Muslim woman? The answer is complicated. DILSHAD ALI Do […]
Muslims are already excluded from French political life: that’s the real issue in the school abayas row
OpinionFrance This article is more than 1 month old Kaoutar Harchi Abaya-wearing girls are seen not simply as students, but as envoys of global Islamism conspiring against the French nation ue […]
World Cup: Nouhaila Benzina’s hijab a symbol for inclusivity
Story by Janek Speight • Morocco defied the odds at their debut World Cup, as the first Arab nation to compete in the women’s tournament. But defender Nouhaila Benzina’s choice of […]
CNews Islamophobic remarks spark outrage on World Cup hijab moment
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL AUG 03, 2023 Morocco’s Nouhaila Benzina in action during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Group H match against Korea Republic, […]
French women’s football organization makes gains against veil ban
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP PARIS JUN 26, 2023 – 9:50 PM GMT+3 Girl wearing her hijab playing as a goal keeper in a high school football youth tournament in this […]
Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general
Related Topics By Siavash Ardalan & Marita Moloney BBC Persian Iran’s morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country’s attorney general […]
Women wearing burqas in public face $990 fine under Swiss draft law
Promoted post: Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the Context of Time – Every One Knows It But Does Not Say It Switzerland’s government has drafted a new law to […]
Video Animation: Iran’s Hijab Protests
Inspired by the custodial death of #MahsaAmini over improper hijab, Iranian artist Bahadur Hadizadeh creates an animation of #Tehran‘s Azadi Tower adorned by dark hair blowing in the wind.#IranProtests#IranProtests2022#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/fwrVnYVxUK […]
Iran protests: majority of people reject compulsory hijab and an Islamic regime, surveys find
Source: The Conversation Penulis Pengungkapan Pooyan Tamimi Arab is the secretary of the non-profit research institute GAMAAN. Ammar Maleki is the director of the non-profit research institute GAMAAN. The Muslim […]
France discriminated against hijab-wearing vocational trainee -U.N. document
PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A United Nations committee ruled that France discriminated against a Muslim woman who was prevented from attending vocational training in a public school while wearing […]