Swedes don hijab to support Muslim victim
Source: August 19 2013 at 07:44pm By SAPA Stockholm – Scores of Swedish women from various faiths have posted pictures of themselves online wearing hijabs, or traditional Muslim headscarves, to […]
Non-veiled but devout women defend choice
Women who choose to dress in Western style say it does not compromise their commitment to religion By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Published: 15:12 August 2, 2013 GULF NEWS Manama: […]
Anti-Muslim violence: A wakeup call for European governments
BY MARWAN MUHAMMAD, ELSA RAY AND MICHAËL PRIVOT BRUSSELS – A police check of a Muslim woman wearing the full-face veil recently sparked riots in a Paris suburb, and has […]
French police station attacked amid tensions over ban on Muslim face veils
By Associated Press, Published: July 20 WASHINGTON POST TRAPPES, France — About 250 people hurling projectiles clashed with police firing tear gas west of Paris, in apparent protest over enforcement of […]
Frenchman who ripped a Muslim woman’s veil off is given a five-month suspended sentence
Muslim woman had her veil ripped off at a fairground in Nantes 30-year-old man protested that he was just enforcing French law Veil ban came into force in April 2011 […]
Spain overturns city’s ban on full-face veils
Reuters ARABNEWS Friday 1 March 2013 MADRID: Spain’s Supreme Court has overturned the city of Lleida’s ban on women wearing full-face veils — such as burqas or niqabs — in […]
Burka bans are about fear, not religion
Source: National Post Author: Barbara Kay Not for the first time, I must take issue with my colleague Chris Selley’s occluded interpretation of why burka-haters get “pretty crazy about that issue,” as he says in his latest commentary, “Message in a bottle.” Selley was commenting on a stunt pulled by […]
Veils: who are we to judge?
Source: Macleans.ca Why the debate over the veil is much more complicated than you think No item of female apparel summons more attention, animosity, debate or censure in Western society […]
Three Myths that Perpetuate Islamophobia
Author: Atif Munawar Mir This article was published in originally in November 2010 Alislam-eGazette: Universal Brotherhood. Introduction What is it about Islam that frightens the western world? Has Islamophobia risen […]