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South African Muslimahs Speak about Headscarves at Airports

Posted by safiyyah on 14 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments

Over the Christmas and New Year season, Quraysha Ismail Sooliman, South African Muslimah scholar and lecturer in Political Studies at the University of Pretoria, was on her way out of the country with her family. At Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, she and her daughters were stopped at passport control, and one of her […]

Naked Ambition: Airport Body Scanners Only Offensive to Muslim Women?

Posted by ayaan on 19 Jan 2010 / 0 Comments

Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a gradual introduction of body scanners into U.K. airports following the failed attack on an American airliner on Christmas Day European nations are split over the necessity of introducing the body scanners. Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are planning to install the scanners […]