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Friday Links — September 24, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 24 Sep 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • Tajik women who dress in hijab and niqab face pressure from authorities.
  • Hijab revival in the Maghreb region: fashion, religion or strategy?
  • In Mangalore, India, allowing Muslim women to offer prayers inside the Noor Masjid in Hampanakatta got ugly.
  • Our guest post about Marie Claire is featured in Mother Jones.
  • In the Netherlands, the National Ombudsman has ruled that Muslim women who are arrested and required to remove their headscarves when they are detained in a cell should not be confronted by male police officers.
  • Salon looks at Australia’s own “burqa battle.” Australian women hold a rally condemning the burqa ban. More here.
  • Female doctors leaving their practices to get married is having a serious effect on Pakistan’s doctor availability.
  • In Kitchener, Canada, a local women’s group is organizing a series of workshops.
  • In Malappuram, India, The Muslim League will enforce a code of conduct for its female candidates contesting in the local body elections.
  • A Muslim women’s group in Australia is fighting against another ban…on bikinis!

  • Roxana Saberi is in Qatar to sign books and get publicity for being imprisoned in Iran.
  • A story about a beautiful friendship.
  • A Californian woman experiences road rage + Islamophobia.
  • Muslim Fashion Week to open in the Russian region of Tatarstan for the first time.
  • Insurgency in Thailand turns Malay-Muslim women into leaders.
  • Qantara.de interviews Ziba Mir-Hosseini about Islamic Feminism and “old dogmas.”
  • In the aftermath of violence in Kyrgyzstan, women are jump starting peace talks across ethnic lines—and taking the security of their country in their own hands.
  • An Iranian court has sentenced prominent female human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari to six years in prison on various anti-government charges.
  • On gender-bending and cross-dressing in Afghanistan.
  • Discussions are underway to establish the first Council of Female Islamic Scholars in South Africa, which would recognize the intellectual ability of female ulema.
  • Rayana Khasi, a 23-year-old Muslim woman in India who is a qualified aeronautical engineer,  has refused to wear the burqa and received threats because of it. May Allah keep her safe.
  • BAOBAB, a Nigerian non-governmental organization, uses Shariah law to assist Nigerian women.

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

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