‘It’s brutal’ – how French football’s hijab ban is affecting Muslim women
This week we speak to the activist Shireen Ahmed and the lawyer Marion Ogier about the fight to end the ban on the hijab Júlia Belas TrindadeWed 4 May 2022 […]
India court upholds Karnataka state’s ban on hijab, says it is not essential to Islam
Dawn: India court upholds Karnataka state’s ban on hijab, says it is not essential to Islam Reuters | AP Published March 15, 2022 An Indian court on Tuesday upheld a ban on the […]
India hijab ban restricts choice of religion, education: Muslim students
BY REUTERS UDIPI, INDIA FEB 12, 2022 – Ayesha Imthiaz, 21, a Muslim college student, wearing a hijab, walks past her college in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, Feb. 11, 2022. (Reuters […]
Hijab protests spread in India as girls refuse to be told what not to wear
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Swati Gupta, CNN Updated 4:52 AM ET, Thu February 10, 2022 (CNN) A burqa-wearing college student has become a symbol of resistance in India’s Karnataka state, where […]
India shuts schools after hijab ban protests intensify
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP UDIPI, INDIA FEB 08, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Indian student activists from Muslim Students Federation (MSF) hold placards during a protest against hijab (headscarf) restriction, […]
Muslim footballers challenge French hijab ban during games
Source: Arab News ‘We pay for club membership, we give 100% in training, and on match days we are told we cannot play’ French Football Federation out of step with […]
Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state
FARID HAFEZ @ferithafez Published 17.05.2019 Many people reacted with outrage when the current Austrian Minister of Interior Herbert Kickl, who is a staunch right-wing ideologue, proclaimed that “the law has […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims in Canada launch a nationwide campaign: “Je Suis Hijabi” “I Am Hijabi”
To dispel myths about Hijab, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) has launched a nationwide campaign titled “Je Suis Hijabi”, or “I Am Hijabi”. It is to remove the misconceptions that […]
FIFA removes ban on headscarves
As well as Muslim women, Sikh men, who are also required to cover their hair, will also benefit from the new rule change. World Bulletin / News Desk Muslim women footballers will not be able to sport the headscarf during games, after FIFA decided to lift a ban on head […]
France’s Muslim women fearful as govt seeks to widen hijab ban
Al Arabiya – The controversy surrounding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, has been rekindled in France this week after the French Court of Cassation annulled the 2008 dismissal of a Muslim nurse from a private daycare center because she refused to stop wearing the hijab. The court’s decision created a […]
‘Turkey’s Hijab ban contravenes human rights’
The head of Turkish human rights association, the Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People, known as Mazlumder, says the country’s Hijab ban is a violation of human […]