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Friday Links — July 24, 2009


Posted by fatemeh on 24 Jul 2009 / 0 Comment
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  • Last weekend, Natalya Estemirova was murdered. There are pictures of her burial ceremony, which was stopped by police officers. May Allah give her peace and justice.
  • A South African Constitutional Court has ruled that widows of polygamous marriages deserve to inherit a share of their deceased husbands’ estates.
  • Dilshad Ali attends the WISE conference in Kuala Lumpur, where the Global Muslim Women’s Shoura Council began a “Jihad Against Violence.” More from The National.
  • A woman has been charged with blackmailing a Muslim friend. Some friend!
  • Wajeha Al-Huweider discusses Saudi Arabia’s gender system.
  • Asra Nomani talks about her love life history for Marie Claire.
  • The U.K.’s Forced Marriage Unit is gearing up for wedding season.
  • A Saudi princess has been given asylum in the U.K.
  • Five Palestinian women are suing their Israeli employer, alleging discrimination.
  • AltMuslimah writes about Uighur women’s role in the protests in China.
  • More racism and violence against a Muslim woman, this time in Seattle, Wash.
  • Germany claims it will address the murder of Marwa el Sherbini.  Meanwhile, an interesting analysis of Muslims as cultural objects, viewed through Marwa’s death. Nuseiba weighs in on the story.
  • “What not to wear imperialism“, about Sarkozy and le burqa.
  • A horrifying Basij confession about the conditions of Iranian women jailed during Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.
  • Muslim girls in Kenya are free to wear headscarves to school.
  • More burqa ban blowback.
  • Forbes interviews Mahnaz Afkhami.
  • Muslim men work to prevent domestic violence against women.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s aide, Huma Abedin, is engaged.
  • Saudi Arabia’s human rights society has successfully stopped the forced marriage of an 11-year-old girl. Via Sand Gets in My Eyes.
  • Four women have been found dead in a canal; family members have been arrested and charged. May Allah give them peace and justice.
  • The Nut Graph interviews Susan Carland about healthy difference in Islam.
  • The Economist reports that Syrian honor killing laws have changed; will attitudes?
  • Women’s charities in Afghanistan are helping women find ways out of unhealthy marriages.
  • Rana Husseini and her campaign against honor killing is profiled in The National.
  • Sisters in Islam slams whipping as a judicial punishment.
  • In K’taka, India, less than 1% of Muslim women are graduates.
  • The National reviews Forbidden Lie$.

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