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Friday Links — June 27, 2008


Posted by fatemeh on 27 Jun 2008 / 0 Comment
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  • Shabana Mir discusses the lack of eligible Muslim men for Religion Dispatches. Note to self: learn how to say “confirmed bachelor(ette)” in all major languages…
  • Remember that huge deal in France about the husband divorcing his wife because she wasn’t a virgin? Well, the French courts say that virginity isn’t an issue for annulment. Via Progressive Muslima News.
  • Palestinian journalist Naela Khalil wins Samir Kassir press freedom award! Barikallah!
  • AKI looks at some of the conditions that “breed” female and child suicide bombers.
  • Australia’s Sheikh Khalil Chami thinks that polygyny should be recognized in the country.
  • A city in Indonesia warns its women against wearing lipstick, high heels, or tight clothes while working. Though this isn’t a ban, it’s not much better as a “reminder.”
  • India’s Sania Mirza’s at Wimbledon!
  • Pakistan remembers Benazir Bhutto.
  • The female student who was harassed at Zanjan University in Iran (which we linked about last week), has been arrested. This is beyond not cool.
  • A policewoman in Afghanistan has been shot dead. May Allah bring her peace.
  • The wife of a man who has been incarcerated under suspicion of planning a bomb attack on an airline says that she gave a fake name to police to protect her husband’s identity.
  • IslamOnline looks at Okolo Rashid, the woman who helped launch the International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Mississippi, U.S.
  • MidEast Youth looks at Mother’s Day in Iran, women who used to rule the Gulf, and the horrific steps backward for women that Kuwaiti parliament members are trying to enforce.
  • Labyrinth Walk talks about being a disabled Muslim woman.
  • More on The Great Harvard Gym Shebangabang: it’s not about religion. Via TalkIslam.
  • In the Fray magazine interviews editor Kyla Pasha of Chay magazine. Via Bitch blogs.
  • The Turkish Daily News educates us on the first women’s shelter in Turkey. Via Talk Islam.
  • The New York Times looks at a fading phenomenon in Albania: gender-bending.
  • Malaysia’s government begins to build a strategic plan for Muslim women.
  • Jordanian princess Wijdan al-Hashemi organized an international art exhibit that features the works of 51 female Muslim artists.
  • Scholars in Pakistan want to make Hazrat-e Fatima’s birthday Women’s Day in Pakistan, as it is in Iran.
  • A Moroccan imam says that Moroccan women should not marry non-Muslim European men.
  • Iran bans tanning salons. Now what’s a sister supposed to do to get melanoma?
  • A young girl is admitted to the hospital after extensive abuse by her father. May Allah protect her and give her justice.
  • A woman is harassed by a man whose marriage proposal she declined.
  • Aalia rants about unwanted public attention to her private clothing choices. Via Ijtema.
  • IslamOnline profiles a Danish soccer star.
  • The second Eurasian Women’s Summit is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan.
  • A report on premeditated rape of Muslim women in east Africa.
  • A pregnant woman in Egypt jumps to her death because she cannot afford the hospital fees required to give birth. May Allah give her and her child peace.
  • Corruption in Kyrgystan is infecting infants and their mothers with HIV.
  • Tradicionalista discusses barriers that family codes in Arab countries create for women.
  • The New Nation gives a history of patriarchy and violence against women in Bangladesh.

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