- Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley writes for the Time about how violence against Muslim Women is racist and misogynist.
- On December 10, Wheaton College associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins announced on Facebook that she would wear a hijab. On Tuesday, the professor was placed on administrative leave by the Christian liberal arts school.
- Amid Rising Fear, Muslim Women Arm Themselves With Self-Defense. Yasmin Nouh quotes a participant saying: “We want to show that Muslim women are not afraid.”
- Yes Magazine lists 8 Amazing Muslim Women Who Would Be Banned From Trump’s America.
- Uganda Muslim Women’s Civilization Initiative, a local non-governmental organization that aims at empowering women spiritually and economically was launched recently with a call on government and civil society to worker harder to end gender-based violence.
- An Algerian businessman has promised to ‘neutralize’ the law which bans wearing burqas in public by paying all of the fines for Muslim women who would be penalized under the new legislation.
- Amaiya Zafar is a young girl in Minnesota who found a sport she loves. Against the odds for most young girls, Zafar fell hard for boxing two years ago when she saw the ring at a Minneapolis-area gym.
- The famous Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai has been following strict rules of not allowing women to enter its inner sanctum. But women’s right groups has taken it up with the government and has petitioned the Bombay High Court seeking a ruling that the ban is unconstitutional.
