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Friday Links — August 20, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 27 Aug 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • Shiva Nazar Ahari has been arrested for “causing unease in the public mind.” Here’s how you can help.
  • How the the Pakistan floods disproportionately affect women.
  • A Muslim woman who sued Disney for refusing to let her wear a  headscarf at her job at Disneyland says she has been suspended without pay for turning down the company’s alternatives. More from her lawyer.
  • The BBC reports that cases of FGM in London are increasing. Meanwhile, women who have undergone FGM seek out a doctor in Colorado for reconstructive surgery.
  • Both Indonesia and Jerusalem introduce women-only trains.
  • Saudi Arabia has appointed 300 female officials to cope with the increasing number of female pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque in Ramadan.
  • Iran’s most recent Family Protection Bill is met with resistance.
  • The Grand Mufti of Dubai has called for restrictions on Emiratis marrying outside their nationality.
  • A Saudi preacher hates on female cashiers.
  • A 16-year-old Kurdish girl has disappeared and is thought to have been murdered.
  • Dozens of schoolgirls and teachers were sickened by poison gas piped into their high school in Afghanistan. May Allah keep them and give them justice.
  • Kuwait has proposed increasing marriage grants.

  • How underage marriage effects Yemeni women and girls medically.
  • Shirin Ebadi writes for The Progressive about the female face of Iranian resistance.
  • How settling with the Taliban will affect Afghan women. More from Common Ground News and CBS News.
  • AlterNet looks at how rampant sex trafficking is affecting Iraqi women, despite the U.S. commitment to end it.
  • A British woman creates a halal makeup line and hopes its appeal will extend past Muslims.
  • France’s burqa ban has nothing to do with female emancipation.
  • A Bangladesh court says women should not be forced to wear burqas at educational institutes.
  • Amina Wadud talks about the politics and interpretation of hijab.
  • Human Rights Watch says that Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code.
  • The Christian Science Monitor profiles Daisy Khan.
  • How Ramadan cuts into salon visits in the Gulf.
  • The New York Times looks at stoning.
  • On burqa fashion in Mumbai.

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

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