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 […]

In January of this year, philanthropist Leslie Sacks, human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru and a team of extraordinary women came together to create Women’s Voices Now, an organization based in New York whose aim is to “empower women and give voice to the struggle for civil, economic, and political rights.” This group of women has […]

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 […]

Kentucky Kernel writer Cassidy Herrington wore the hijab for the entire month of October. She wrote about her experience in a column published on October 31, 2010. Many of us have seen the column make it rounds in our Facebook feeds, and so the ladies of MMW sat down to share their thoughts. Azra: Hijabi […]

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 […]

Spearheading the healing of a slowly crippling nation, ABC News has decided to take it upon itself to play the role of facilitator between American Muslims and the generally more acceptable genre of Americans. ABC has broadcasted an assemblage of insightful (see: inciteful) shows aimed at answering those hard-hitting questions that no one else seems to be asking – as indicated by the aptly-entitled Holy War: Should Americans be afraid of Islam? hosted by the ever identity-complex laden Christiane Amanpour.Three additional…