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The Countdown to the Jaafari Law Decision


Posted by eren on 23 Apr 2014 / 1 Comment
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On April 30th the Jaafari Personal Status Law will be voted on in the Iraqi Parliament. The Jaafari Law, as it’s being referred to, has been controversial because it would enable Shia men to marry girls as young as 9 years old. Whereas the legal age for marriage in Iraq is 18 years of age, […]

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Fatima Hamed Hossain: Politician or Jihadist?


Posted by syahirah on 03 Jul 2013 / 0 Comments
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A few weeks ago, I attended the Critical Muslim Studies summer school in Granada, Spain. One of the speakers, Fatima Hamed Hossain, a lawyer, spoke to us about the social and political participation of Muslim women in Spain. There are about one million Muslims who currently reside in Spain, with an estimated number of about […]

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Mona Muslim: Marshaling Islamophobia in Sweden


Posted by tasnim on 08 Mar 2010 / 0 Comments
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Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic party (SAP), is known by many names among her opponents. Though Sahlin is not Muslim, one of the most common nicknames for her is “Mona Muslim.” This appellation might suggest a cartoon character, or perhaps a Sesame Street muppet, but behind it  lies a deepening anxiety about […]

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Women’s Rights in Kuwait


Posted by malika on 26 Oct 2009 / 0 Comments
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Two constitutional court cases in Kuwait raise questions of a paradigm shift in women’s rights.

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Capitol Ladies: a feel-good post about Muslim women in Congress


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 16 Feb 2009 / 0 Comments
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I’m a member of the Congressional Muslim Staffer’s Association (CMSA), an organization on Capitol Hill that seeks to unite Muslims working in Congress and quell myths about Islam through outreach. Last Friday, some members of CMSA met with a group of young Egyptian men and women as their two-week congressional internship came to a close. […]

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Looking at Egypt’s first female mayor


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 17 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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regardless of their difference in religion, Egyptian women share the same struggle when it comes to paving political careers.

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Election coverage: Samira Laouni


Posted by Krista Riley on 22 Sep 2008 / 0 Comments
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There is a whole lotta ugly going on out there in the election coverage these days. (I’m thinking Canada, but this is true in the U.S. as well, and, come to think of it, likely anywhere else that might be having an election. But that’s a different story.) Montréal-Bourassa NDP candidate Samira Laouni (pictured below […]

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