Source: Review of Religions By Munavara Ghauri Recently Daniel Gee of the Farnham Herald interviewed the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba).[1]Concerning the rights of Muslim women and the reason why men and women are segregated at Ahmadiyya Muslim events, His Holiness […]
Source: Daily Sabah The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) filed on Friday a challenge to Quebec’s controversial religious symbols law with Canada’s top court. Also joining in the challenge […]
Hijrah movements are flourishing on Indonesian campuses, worrying some proponents of Indonesia’s more moderate traditions. By Carter Banker December 24, 2019 Credit: AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana Walking through Indonesian college […]
Dec 12, 2019 – 16:45 A campaign for a n outright burka ban in public collected enough signatures for a nationwide vote in 2017. Parliament is opting for a […]
Source: The Connexion President Emmanuel Macron has said that it is “not his business” whether Muslim women wear a hijab in public spaces – but that it “is his business” […]
Minister says he wants to avoid having mothers in hijab as volunteers on school trips Angelique Chrisafis in Paris @achrisafis Wed 25 Sep 2019 A fresh political row […]
Aug 28, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Gayatri Suroyo and Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) – Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to […]
18-year-old from Peckham earns fairytale win Mellah sat on a racehorse for first time in April Greg Wood at Goodwood @Greg_Wood_ Thu 1 Aug 2019 Play Video At 1.10pm on Thursday, Khadijah Mellah, an 18-year-old from Peckham, became the first jockey to ride in a race in Britain wearing […]
July 25, 2019 Author Sham Qayyum Lecturer in Law, University of Hertfordshire Islamophobia is a form of racism that is not well understood. Instead it is often ignored and […]
Germans welcomed an unprecedented number of Middle Easterners into their country—but not always into their workplaces. Source: Foreign Policy By Anchal Vohra what does it mean to be German? That […]
Source: The Economist By Erasmus Western governments are telling Muslim women not to cover up IN THE diverse democracies of the early 21st century, there are certain political and cultural […]
Source: The Globe and Mai By Riza Khamal “One medium French vanilla, please,” my daughter says, placing her order at a drive-through window. “Is that all?” the intercom voice inquires. […]
Source: The Scotsman Boris Johnson defended comments comparing veiled Muslim women to letterboxes and refused to clarify his past illegal drug use as he launched his leadership campaign with a […]
Source: Stuff, NZ By Tim Newman A Nelson woman has created a piece of wearable art to honour the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Ruby Bay resident Susan Mott designed and made the dress out of 51 hijabs, one for each person who died in the March 15 shootings at […]
Source: BBC By Fahima Abdulrahman This is Cllr Rakhia Ismail. She’s the UK’s first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab. Cllr […]
Source: Anadolu Agency By Büşra Nur Bilgiç Thousands of women are wearing a hijab during the Muslim’s holy month of Ramadan to raise awareness about the head covering and educate […]
Source: Vice.com From mosque shootings to Quebec’s anti-religious symbols bill, more Muslim women are living in fear. “Do you force her to wear that?” a waitress asked Stephanie Roy’s fiance one day, pointing at Roy’s hijab. Roy, a convert to Islam just a few years ago, who always leaves tips […]
May 16, 2019 – 17:56 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators covering their faces protest in Vienna against alleged anti-Muslim discrimination in Austria, October 1, 2017. Banners read “Stop the agitation against Muslims” […]
This isn’t a case for making allowances for faiths at the expense of patient safety, it’s a means of ensuring that policies work to give the NHS the widest possible pool of talented clinicians […]