So…the burqa ban has gone into effect in France as of Monday. Arrests have already been made, and a whole lot of people are talking about it: see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. The Washington Post looks at American women who wear niqab, and The West Australian looks at Australian women who […]

In Nigeria, women in purdah vow to vote. The Huffington Post talks about Daisy Khan and her work with WISE. Amid protests, Syria has lifted the ban on niqabs in classrooms. Tunisian women will be allowed to wear hijab in their ID cards. More from Bikya Masr. Muslim women in Canton, Michigan, gather for a […]

Eman al Obeidy’s family speaks out about her rape, her detainment, and Libya’s regime. Al Obaidy has now been charged for defamation. The National profiles other women who are working against Qaddafi’s regime. Women will not be allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia’s long-delayed municipal elections. A 14-year-old girl was raped and then died during […]

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 […]