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Friday Links | December 17, 2010


Posted by fatemeh on 17 Dec 2010 / 0 Comment
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  • The Correctional Service of Canada has hired its first female Muslim prison guard, and her hiring has garnered mixed reviews.
  • Last weekend, hundreds of Muslim believers gathered outside Azerbaijan’s education ministry to protest a ban on hijab, which police broke up. More here and here and here.
  • MuslimMatters deconstructs an Islamophobic chain email that claims Islam is harmful to women.
  • The Urban Literature News Magazine profiles Maysoon Zayid.
  • Surprise! Muslim women bear the brunt of stereotyping.
  • Ahmadiyya Muslims in Ghana are lectured on the importance of marriage.
  • A French court has ruled against a woman who sued a private child-care center that fired her for wearing an Islamic headscarf and cloak to work.
  • The Muslim Identity Collection (MID) recently organized an international Islamic fashion show in Abuja, Nigeria.
  • A Muslim woman who was arrested after she refused to remove her headscarf in a west Georgia courthouse has filed a federal lawsuit.
  • Following a high-profile case in Colorado, the Boulder sheriff’s office will allow a Muslim woman to wear her headscarf in a jail booking photo.
  • Dutch Muslim women are having difficulty finding husbands.
  • A French court has annulled a fine imposed on a Muslim woman for wearing an niqab while driving. More from Reuters.
  • New bogus criminal charges have been brought against detained Iranian human rights lawyer and women’s rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.
  • AltMuslimah’s Shazia Kamal refutes Baher Ibrahim’s piece about the phenomenon of young girls wearing hijab.
  • ILLUME highlights photographer Sadaf Syed’s work.
  • The Jakarta Post profiles women who wear burqinis.
  • The Australian presents Sakineh Ashtiani’s case, as told by her former lawyer.
  • Mona Eltahawy writes about how personal stories make for good classroom discussions.
  • On Syria’s personal status laws and domestic violence.
  • How Bikya Masr is creating a platform for women’s voices.
  • ABC Queensland interviews an Muslim Australian burlesque performer.
  • A Muslim teacher in Chicago is suing her school district for failing to allow her to take a leave for Hajj.
  • The National Geographic writes about Afghan women.
  • elan magazine profiles Nadia Al Dossary.
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to a young emo punk girl in Iraq.

If we’ve missed any news about Muslim women from this week, please post links in the comments!

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