The French and the veil ‘ even in history
Salman Hussainz shared a post. Salman Hussainz After the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the entry of the French into southern Turkiye, all the women were still wearing the veil. The […]
The Politics Behind the Veil
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE POLITICS BEHIND THE VEIL Nadeem F. Paracha Published September 26, 2021 – In 1962, a gentleman asked the then Egyptian President Gamal Nasser to make veiling compulsory for women. […]
France First Banned Face Veil Targeting Muslims, Now Fines €150 for Not Covering Face amid Coronavirus
France banned the wearing of Veil (Burqa and Hijab) Islamic attire which is worn by Muslims across the world, was banned by France in 2011. There is a complete ban […]
Women and Islam: Segregation of Women in Islam: Separate Venue, not Value
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 […]
Denmark proposes ban on use of burqas, masks, fake beards
DAILY SABAH WITH DPA ISTANBUL AFP File Photo Denmark on Tuesday proposed a ban on the use of full-face veils as well as face-covering ski masks in public spaces, in […]
Veiling is a choice, not a sign of oppression: Woman Muslim scholar
SINGAPORE Professor Sahar Amer talks about the “ridiculous” link often made between Muslim women’s dress and terrorism, in the season premiere of interview programme Conversation With. By Lua Jiamin Posted 01 Jun 2016 13:20 Updated 01 Jun 2016 17:52 PHOTOS Sahar Amer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Arabic […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Want to Ban Muslim Women from Covering Their Faces
Egyptian Lawmakers Want to Ban Muslim Women from Covering Their Faces BY Lily Kuo: 08 March 2016 Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for a ban on the Niqab, a veil worn by women that covers most of one’s face, in what has become a fight over personal liberties and the government’s […]
Woman sentenced for ripping off hijab of Muslim woman
Source: Daily Mail UK ‘Get out of our country, you terrorist!’: Woman sentenced for ripping off hijab of terrified Muslim woman and subjecting her to a shocking racist tirade Ann-Maria […]
My Hijab is both Islamic and Unforced
December 26, 2015 by Qasim Rashid 1 Comment By Mansura Minhas Richard Dawkins recently called upon Muslim women to shun their Hijabs as a show of solidarity with the victims of Paris attacks. Dawkins is an anti-theist, wholly ignorant to Islam. Thus, his case against the Hijab fits perfectly well […]
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? College suspends professor who said yes.
Washington Post: Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school in Illinois, has placed a professor on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook that Muslims and Christians “worship the same God.” The official school statement Tuesday about associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins’s suspension said Wheaton professors should “engage in and […]
Switzerland: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Federal Court rejects school headscarf ban
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Federal Court rejects school headscarf ban DEC 11, 2015 – 15:33 School authorities appealed a cantonal administrative court decision that gave the green light to wear the headscarves. […]
Choosing to wear a veil in Britain
Choosing to wear a veil in Britian Reuters Young and old, many Muslim women living in Britain choose to wear a veil or headscarf as a sign of their faith. […]
VEILED : Plans for burqa ban win ground
A large majority of citizens is apparently in favour of introducing a nationwide ban on burqas for Moslem women in Switzerland according to an opinion poll. More than 60% of […]
Beijing’s ‘beauty’ treatment seen as veiled threat in Xinjiang
A Chinese government worker in the ancient Silk Road oasis of Kashgar beckons two women to her streetside stand and logs their details (pictured) under the gaze of a surveillance […]
Letter by Sharif Odeh to President François Hollande about Hijab or Veil
Source: Abdul Ghany Jahangeer Khan: Central French Desk, United Kingdom On 17 November 2013, the President of the French Republic François Hollande met Muhammad Sharif Odeh, the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Two Muslim girls leave nursing school over hijab ban in Prague
ČTK | 11 NOVEMBER 2013 Prague, Nov 8 (CTK) – Two Muslim girls left a nursing secondary school in Prague as they were not permitted to wear their hijabs, being the first to have ended their studies for this reason in the Czech Republic, Czech Television (CT) said Friday. CT […]
Baroness Warsi says banning the Muslim veil would be like clamping down on the miniskirt in the 60s
Source: Mirror News By Chris Richards The peer, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, said stopping people from wearing the veil “is not the British way” Baroness Warsi says banning Muslim women […]
Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women's gym in France
Oct 4, 2013, 10.47PM IST Reuters LE RAINCY, France: A pink and orange all-women’s gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and […]
Faith, politics clash over Muslim-run women’s gym in France
Oct 4, 2013, 10.47PM IST Reuters LE RAINCY, France: A pink and orange all-women’s gym has become an unlikely focus of a very French row over Muslim integration, secularism and […]
A Muslim woman in Israel seeks the courage to wear a headscarf
What if I cover my hair and someone comes up to me and speaks Arabic and, not knowing how to answer him, I respond in Hebrew? By Nadi Bushnak Tahauka […]