She Wears a Head Scarf. Is Quebec Derailing Her Career?
Source: The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — Maha Kassef, 35, an ambitious elementary schoolteacher, aspires to become a principal. But since she wears a Muslim head scarf, […]
Irish police allowed to wear turbans and hijabs
Source: BBC Gardaí (Irish police) are to be allowed to wear turbans and hijabs for the first time in a bid to recruit more officers from diverse backgrounds. In a […]
NZ Women will be Wearing Hijab
New Zealand women will be wearing hijab this Friday to show solidarity with Muslim women in the wake of the Christchurch shootings. 🇳🇿 🧕 ❤️ https://t.co/i36clE5mHU pic.twitter.com/voIAKXE5Df — Anna Fifield […]
Fox News condemns Jeanine Pirro after TV host says Ilhan Omar hijab ‘antithetical to constitution’
Source: The National Fox News on Monday denounced comments made by the channel’s own Jeanine Pirro after the host said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s headscarf was “antithetical to the United States Constitution”. […]
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/J22JsJIqJa — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) March 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Mother Mary is always with a Hijab in artist's […]
Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Rima bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US – the first woman ever to take on an envoy […]
I did it for my daughter, says woman arrested for headscarf protest in Iran
Source: Reuters BY Emily Wither (Reuters) – Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised […]
Iran revolution: ‘I wore a hijab and head-banged to Nirvana’
Source: BBC By Faranak Amidi; Women’s Affairs reporter, BBC World Service On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known as a maghnaeh, covering my […]
‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
Source: Open Democracy By Nandini Archer 7 From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being a Muslim and a feminist’. […]
Quebec status of women minister calls Muslim head scarf symbol of oppression
Source: The Chronicle Herald Quebec’s new minister responsible for the status of women faced criticism Wednesday after saying she considers the hijab to be a symbol of oppression. Speaking to […]
Cleric flees Uzbekistan after Muslim headscarf row
ALMATY (Reuters) – An Uzbek imam who ran into trouble for urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a school headscarf ban said he has left the mainly Muslim nation […]
Ilhan Omar Says Her Election To Congress Is ‘A Real Rejection’ Of Religious Bigotry
Source: Huffington Post The Muslim congresswoman-elect will be the first hijab-wearing member of the House. By Alanna Vagianos As a hijab-wearing, Somali-American refugee, Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota knows just […]
Sister Lisa Vogl-Hamid shares Hijab experience and journey to Islam
Suggested reading How Islam has Influenced the Christian understanding of God Video: How Jesus Became God, by Prof. Bart Ehrman?
Hijab-wearing lawmaker takes seat in Bosnian Serb parliament
Source: Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — For the first time since Bosnia’s ethnic war, a woman who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf has become a lawmaker in the […]
An 11-year-old girl had her hijab pulled off at school. This Utah group is now asking districts to update their bullying policies.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner Maram Al-Shammari was playing outside during recess when she felt a tug on the back of her head. She turned around […]
Malaysia: Why We Need A #NoHijabDay
Source: Patheos By Farouq Peru I believe the Muslim world needs a #NoHijabDay to return the power of choice to Muslim women! The hijab, more than any other cultural signal, […]
Quebec Muslims Troubled By Proposal To Ban Public Officials’ Wearing Hijabs, Kippas
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Muslims and other religious groups in Quebec are concerned about the new right-wing ruling party’s plans to bar certain public employees from wearing religious […]
Film explores controversy over ex-Wheaton College prof who wore hijab to support Muslims
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Tracy Swartz Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune A documentary about a tenured Wheaton College professor who lost her job after she posted pictures of herself in a hijab […]
‘It’s part of who I am’: proposed Quebec law could push hijab-wearers out of jobs
Source: The Guardian BY Martin Patriquin in Montreal As an elementary school teacher in Montreal, Maha Kassef should be in high demand: the city is in the midst of a […]
Khola Maryam Hübsch: ‘Rebellion der Sehnsucht’ Manifest für den Glauben. BOOK REVIEW
Moderation: Anne Françoise Weber Die Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch zu Gast auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 (David Kohlruss) Die muslimische Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch ist durch Talkshow-Auftritte und Artikel zum […]