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Friday Links | April 8, 2011


Posted by fatemeh on 08 Apr 2011 / 0 Comment
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  • In Nigeria, women in purdah vow to vote.
  • The Huffington Post talks about Daisy Khan and her work with WISE.
  • Amid protests, Syria has lifted the ban on niqabs in classrooms.
  • Tunisian women will be allowed to wear hijab in their ID cards. More from Bikya Masr.
  • Muslim women in Canton, Michigan, gather for a community panel on Islam.
  • A program in Lundu, Malaysia, creates crafting interests that enable women to venture into small business.
  • U.S. servicewomen currently have a choice whether to wear a headscarf while on duty in Afghanistan, but some people want to remove that choice.
  • The Associated Press examines the worries of France’s Muslims before the veil ban goes into effect next Monday.
  • In Assam, India, Muslim women have low representation in politics.

  • Bangladesh police clashed with protesters over a government policy to promote women’s development, which the protesters believe will cause Muslim women to “violate Sharia law.”
  • Imane Mahssan, a Dutch high school student, lost a lawsuit against her school’s ban on hijab.
  • New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has rounded up the alleged accomplice to the alleged juvenile hijab-ripper.
  • Spiegel Online looks at the women of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
  • Another “I wore a hijab for [insert length of time here]” stories.
  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown wants to ban the veil. I am shocked.
  • The Muslim Womenpreneurs Bazaar gave several Muslim women across Mississauga, Canada, who own and operate small businesses from their homes a chance to showcase their wares.
  • New Zealand’s Sunday Star Times profiles author Farida Sultan.
  • A great interview with Dr. Amina Wadud.
  • Nesrine Malik writes about how women like Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali actually hurt Muslim women, despite all their squawking to the contrary.
  • NPR profilesPakistani musicians Zeb Bangash and Haniya Aslam.
  • The Huffington Post interviews Veena Malik about her mullah takedown.
  • The Palestinian Democratic Union elected the first ever female secretary-general of a Palestinian faction, Zahira Kamal.

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

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