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Friday Links — September 17, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 17 Sep 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • Shariah-approved sex aids. ‘Nuff said.
  • In the U.S., everyone’s in an uproar about Imam Rauf. Rafia Zakaria looks at his wife, Daisy, instead.
  • The French Senate approved the burqa ban.
  • Guernica looks at the intersection of women’s rights and Shariah law.
  • The veil debate is dividing Bangladeshis.
  • A 14-year-old girl committed suicide was murdered after being raped. May Allah give her peace and justice.
  • Human rights lawyers are asking Kenyan men to be a stronger part of the fight against female genital mutilation.
  • Nathalie Handal interviews Zainab Salbi about her “Women for Women” nonprofit.
  • What’s it like to be a Muslim woman in post-9/11 America? Here’s two women’s perspectives.
  • The BBC profiles Sierra Leone’s Zainab Bangura.
  • In India, Himachal Pardesh Government may consider free traveling facilities for Muslim women for eid festivals.
  • The Park 51 debate has included several Muslim women’s voices.
  • In San Francisco, a federal appeals court granted a new hearing to a Muslim woman who was ordered by sheriff’s deputies to remove her hijab in a courthouse holding cell.
  • Indian women are offering prayers and “breaking taboos” all over the place.
  • On female farmers in Syria.
  • The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria will soon go on sensitization tours to educate Muslim women in the council.
  • MidEastYouth does an interview with the woman who responded to the threatened Qur’an burning by wearing a hijab.
  • Hijab ad raises eyebrows.

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

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