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Friday Links — July 2, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 02 Jul 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • Afshan Azad’s father and brother have been charged with attempting to murder her.
  • The Independent profiles Muslim fashion designers.
  • Syria bans school teachers from wearing niqab in the classroom.
  • CNN examines fashion at a Malaysian Qur’an reading competition.
  • A Nigerian Muslim women’s group has said that the political environment in the country is not conducive for women to participate in politics.
  • Check out elan magazine’s profile of Muslim women’s blogs, including MMW!
  • During the King of Saudi Arabia’s visit to Washington, D.C., women held a protest for reformation of  Saudi guardianship laws.
  • Muslim women in Ghana hold a conference on civic engagement and education.
  • A man who killed his sister has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder. May Allah give her justice.
  • An abortion hotline in Pakistan faces lots of opposition.
  • More on Aquila Magazine.
  • Europe sure loves its burqa bans, according to USA Today.
  • Iranian authorities are planning to take a poll on veiling restrictions in every province.
  • Why pregnant women shouldn’t fast during Ramadan.  More from The Independent.
  • A transsexual Arab woman has released her memoirs in Beirut.
  • Sudanese police arrested more than two dozen people from the capital’s first ever mixed-gender fashion show.
  • A council in Riyadh will study marriages between Saudis and non-Saudis.
  • On the invisibility of women who wear headscarves in the workplace.
  • How the U.A.E. condones sexual violence.
  • A study finds that female genital cutting is rampant in Kurdistan.
  • In Yemen, female refugees are becoming family breadwinners.

If we missed any news about Muslim women from this week, please feel free to post links in the comments!

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