The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board in Lucknow, India, is petitioning the governor to amend the law to allow Muslim women to get the rights provided for them in Shariah law. On Kazakhstan’s unofficial hijab ban. More on discrimination against headscarf-wearing Kazakhs here. Will the revolutions in the Middle East trigger revolutions in […]

A Lebanese politician calls Saudi women “trash bags” and then hurriedly backpedals. Hilarious satire about a Pakistani ban on bras is presented as fact by American outlet. This week, the Virginia Festival of the Book aimed to go beyond flat stereotypes of Muslim women. Three thousand Muslim women attended a seminar on employment in Dadar, […]

Veils that cover the face will be officially illegal in France beginning next month. And just in time, France is rolling out a new anti-niqab campaign. On how sexual violence was used to suppress Safia Ishaq’s activism. Two prominent Malaysian women, Zainah Anwar and Marina Mahathir, were included on a New York-based global advocacy’s list […]

Tunisia might soon rescind its long-standing ban on the hijab in public institutions. On women’s rights in Brunei. The Australian government refused a council’s bid to help pay for curtains at a public pool so Muslim women can have privacy during female-only exercise classes. The British Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation has started an initiative to […]

A Muslim woman in Canada alleges that she was fired because of her headscarf. “It’s stopping anybody perving on anybody in there really.” My favorite quote from The Sydney Morning Herald’s story on a local pool putting up privacy curtains for Muslim women’s swimming hours. Meanwhile, here’s another story about ladies-only times at public Australian […]

The common-law wife of an accused terrorist in Edmonton, Canada, speaks out after his arrest. More here. The Los Angeles Times reports that Muslim and Jewish women grow close at monthly meetings about spirituality. The Women’s Legal Centre in South Africa welcomed the draft of the Muslim Marriages Bill as a way forward for Muslim […]

Women in Nigeria protest the disenfranchisement of Muslim women in hijab in the ongoing voter registration. More from AllAfrica. Trailblazing Muslim women will be in Leeds, U.K.,  for a conference aimed at inspiring and helping others into top professional roles. MPs Baroness Warsi and Yasmin Qureshi are keynote speakers. The Fairfield Mirror examines discrimination that […]

Maheen Haq was benched from her basketball game because of her headscarf. She was given a religious exemption and played the second half. Rahela Choudhury reviews Mixing It and deconstructs Aladdin’s Jasmine. A young woman is harassed by her cousin because of her decision to stop wearing a headscarf; she has taken legal action against […]

Muslim women in Uganda are pushing for condom use to prevent HIV infection. Divorced single mothers in Malaysia may receive advance alimony payments if their husbands fail to pay. U.S. Secretary of State declares that a dress code should not be enforced on Muslim women during her visit to the Gulf. Azerbaijan un-banned the hijab. […]

It’s the final Friday Links of 2010! AOL News examines the best (and only) little sex shop in Bahrain. A female suicide bomber killed 45 people in Pakistan. May Allah give the victims peace and justice. The Washington Post highlights the work Rubina Sandhi does to fight radicalization in India. The New York Times looks […]