July 13, 2009In the Netherlands, a battle is brewing over gender-segregated classes for Muslim womenCity councillor Marka Spit in Utrecht, the Netherlands, says she is going to ignore Dutch Integration Minister Eberhard […]
July 12, 2009Headscarf dentist is ‘fit to practice’A dentist in the UK working for the publicly financed NHS has been declared fit to practice although […]
July 11, 2009Saudi religious police blamed in “honor” killing of sistersA Saudi women’s group on Friday blamed the country’s religious police in the “honor” killing of two sisters […]
July 11, 2009Saudi woman activist demands right to travelSaudi feminist Wajeha al-Huwaider has been prevented from leaving the country: defiant, she says that “I keep telling […]
July 9, 2009UK: New guidance on forced marriage is ‘a united step forward’In the UK, new guidance on identifying and protecting victims of forced marriage is ‘a united step forward’ […]
July 9, 2009‘Hijab martyr’ rally due in CairoFurther protests are expected in Cairo over of the case of an Egyptian woman dubbed the “headscarf martyr” […]
July 9, 2009Brandon Robshaw: The burqa should not be worn in classBrandon Robshaw writes: “when a female Muslim student arrived at my philosophy AS class shrouded from heat to […]
July 8, 2009French lawmaker suggests gradual ban on burqasFrench legislators took up the touchy subject of face-covering, body-length Muslim veils such as the burqa Wednesday, as […]
July 8, 2009Western Muslim women who talk of choosing the hijab dismiss the struggles elsewhere, says Rahila GuptaMuslim women in the west who talk about choosing to wear the hijab implicitly dismiss the struggles of […]
July 8, 2009Jordan court halves man’s jail term for ‘honour’ killingA Jordanian court on Tuesday halved the jail term of a 29-year-old man who shot his raped sister […]
July 8, 2009Response: We don’t need Hegel: The burka is a cloth soaked in bloodMuslim women in the west who talk about choosing to wear the hijab implicitly dismiss the struggles of […]
July 8, 2009Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skiesFar from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young […]
July 6, 2009The new feminism: life and deathIn the Brisbane Times (Australia), Paul Sheehan writes: “For [many] women, like the women in Afghanistan and other […]
July 6, 2009Immigrant Mothers in Finland Face Special Language ProblemsMore women immigrants in Finland miss out on language instruction than do their male counterparts: in particular, the […]
July 5, 2009Forced marriage: ‘I can’t forgive or forget what they did to me’An NHS doctor from east London who was held hostage and forced into marriage has spoken for the […]
July 2, 2009Ban the BurqaUS-based commentator Mona Eltahawy writes: “As a Muslim woman and a feminist I would ban the burqa.” via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/opinion/03iht-edeltahawy.html]
July 2, 2009British teachers told how to spot forced marriagesThe British government has provided school teachers with guidelines on how to spot cases of potential forced marriages, […]
July 2, 2009Italy: Pakistani girl ‘leaps from balcony after refusing arranged marriage’A 15-year-old Pakistani girl was hospitalised after reportedly jumping from a balcony in the northern Italian town of […]
June 30, 2009Al-Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stanceAl-Qaeda’s North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, […]
June 30, 2009Cameron criticizes BurkhasBritish Conservative leader David Cameron has said that while he supports the right of individual schools to ban […]