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 […]

Al Jazeera reports that a new Egyptian law guarantees 64 seats to female candidates, meaning a 1,500% rise in female parliamentarians. Remember Aisha? From the Time cover? Her father-in-law has been arrested in connection with her mutilation. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has not been released from prison. We’re confused, too. Read up on what’s going on […]

Nicholas Kristof tells us about a Muslim woman fighting terrorism with microloans. A woman and her boyfriend will be lashed 100 times each, jailed and deported from the Emirates for committing unlawful sex. A Conservative local politician has been arrested after he called for a female Muslim journalist to be stoned to death. Mona Eltahawy […]

An interview with the ladies of Naqa’a, a Saudi-based group fighting against climate change. The London Evening Standard discusses about the veil in the U.K. The New York Times covers a study regarding Muslim women’s health care needs and preferences. More from the USA Today. More great press for “The Hijabi Monologues.” The Islamic Human […]

A Malaysian court ruled that “Sisters in Islam” could use its name, rejecting a complaint by religious activists that the title was confusing to Muslims. News Blaze profiles Jezima Ismail, a co-founder of Muslim Women’s Research and Action Forum in Sri Lanka. More about her from Daily News. Al-Ahram Weekly examines Europe’s problem with the […]

Common Ground News runs an interview with Fatema Mernissi. Tony Blair’s sister-in-law converts to Islam. More here. The Atlantic looks at Gaza’s surfer girls. Baroness Warsi was prohibited from attending a conference by her boss. The Asian Human Rights Commission makes a plea for Sri Lankan woman sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. The Daily […]

Turkey’s Higher Education Board ruled to stop teachers from expelling students who wear headscarves. And with a sigh, Turkey’s hijab ban was over. More from Salon, Arab News, A white American convert shares the discrimination she’s experienced. The Washington Post covers the “I Want to Get Married” phenomenon. The Global Voices post on Samar Al […]

The National profiles Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. Hundreds of Kosovo Muslims protested a ban on wearing a headscarf in school. A British court asked a Muslim woman to remove her face veil to show her facial expression while testifying against her husband in a physical abuse case. The Vancouver Sun profiles a local women’s-only swimming hour. […]

MuslimMatters highlights Muslim women who are trying to have it all–and balance it all. A Muslim woman who was fired for not wearing a headscarf by her boss in the U.K. has been awarded over £13,500 for wrongful dismissal. The Hindu interviews Shelina Zahra Janmohamed on her work as an author. The New York Times […]

emel discusses the differences between the French and Syrian niqab bans. More on the French niqab ban from The American Muslim. Sakineh Ashtiani’s son begs for a global ban on stoning. The Australian has the latest on her case. Tehran hospital fires nurses for “improper Islamic covering.” A planned kite-flying in support of Afghan women’s […]