In case you haven’t heard, Canada announced Thursday that it would allow niqabis* to vote with their faces covered, prompting everything from voter fraud concerns to xenophobic comments from lawmakers. Since this has been such a big deal lately (it’s all over Google’s news search), reporter James Mennie from newspaper The Gazette had a bright […]

Sorry! I’ve been bi-zaaaaaaaaaaay.I’ll start posting regularly again tomorrow. While you’re waiting, check out this great post about media coverage of Ramazan from Religion Writer.com.

This letter appeared originally on Islam’s Green. It is an open letter from Muddassar Arani, a Muslim lawyer who has been singled out by the media. She needs our assistance. I have included abridged comments here, as well as her email address so that you may contact her with your prayers and/or assistance. She writes: […]

The BBC reports that “A political row has broken out in Switzerland over a campaign poster from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party….” The poster that everyone is mad about is pictured here, because I couldn’t find a picture of the other one: it’s three white sheep kicking a black sheet off of Switzerland’s flag. While […]

Have you heard of Baba Ali and Hijabman? They’re not a Muslim comic book duo. If you’re an active Muslim youth, it wouldn’t surprise me if you had heard of them. For my non-Muslim readers, Baba Ali has become a YouTube phenomenon with his series The Reminder, a series of webcasts that deal with topics […]

Some links for 9/04/2007: Maytha from kabobfest.com talks about an Arabic satellite TV show that’s very similar to The View: four Arab women from different countries talking candidly on all sorts of haram subjects. And how the American media is finally realizing that Arab women aren’t just shy, naïve women who don’t own their own […]

Forbes.com’s article entitled “Muslim Women in Charge” crows proudly that “Despite the barriers, 10 women executives from the Middle East made our World’s 100 Most Powerful Women ranking this year.” Except not all of them are Muslim or from the Middle East. Vidya Chhabria, #97 on Forbes’ list, is originally from India. She also isn’t […]

If you look at the Muslim Girls website, it features the current month’s cover, as well as past covers. The covers all look like this: a happy, smiling young lady in modest dress. The difference among the covers? Some of them feature a girl with a headscarf, and some don’t. Now, looking on the website […]

With the new season of Little Mosque on the Prairie coming back to the Canadian Broadcasting Network (CBC) soon this fall, I think it’s time I spoke my piece. First, I am thrilled that there is a show that is doing its best to show the humanity and positivity of Muslims. I am glad that […]