September 10, 2009

The chador and feminism don’t always fit

Meghan Daum argues that the case of Lubna Hussein is a reminder of the dark side of the […]
September 7, 2009

Sudan Fines Woman Who Wore Pants

A Sudanese court on Monday decided not to lash a woman for wearing trousers in public but convicted […]
August 18, 2009

Danish Conservatives Call for Burqa Ban

The immigration spokesman for Denmark’s Conservative Party is calling for a ban on the wearing of burqas in […]
August 15, 2009

Swimmers are told to wear burkinis

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour Members of […]
August 12, 2009

Paris swimming refuses woman wearing Burkini

France’s struggle with Islamic dress has moved into the swimming pool after a 35-year-old woman was banned from […]
August 12, 2009

Sudan trouser trial ‘travel ban’

A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers says she has been stopped from going abroad: […]
August 11, 2009

Kingston police welcome Met ‘honour crime’ training

Kingston, UK police have welcomed plans to introduce Metropolitan-wide training for officers to identify the signs of honour-based […]
August 3, 2009

UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exercise

British police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body […]
August 1, 2009

French feminist Fadela Amara continues mission

August’s issue of Connexion Magazine features an interview with French feminist Fadela Amara. Although Amara, who leans left […]
July 28, 2009

UK female police officers issued with uniform hijab

Avon and Somerset Constabulary (UK) has begun to equip its female officers with a uniform issue hijab to […]
July 24, 2009

Georgia courts to allow religious head coverings

Georgia courtrooms will allow religious headgear, notably the Islamic hijab, after last year’s arrest of a Muslim woman […]
July 23, 2009

James Delingpole: What Barack Obama could learn from Nicolas Sarkozy about Islam

James Delingpole argues that U.S. President Barack Obama could learn from French President Nicolas Sarkozy with regard to […]
July 23, 2009

Flashback: Michigan Supreme Court allows Judges to order headscarves removed

Flashback: On June 17, the Michigan Supreme Court voted to give judges the right to compel witnesses to […]
July 16, 2009

Muslims seek schools’ OK for religious garb, holy days

In the United States, Muslim students and interest groups are increasingly vocal in demanding the right to wear […]
July 16, 2009

No Islamic attire by pool, Egypt tells Norwegian

A Norwegian Muslim woman has filed a complaint with her embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo after […]
July 13, 2009

Sudan women ‘lashed for trousers’

Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing in trousers, according to a local journalist […]
July 12, 2009

Headscarf 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, 2009

Saudi religious police blamed in “honor” killing of sisters

A Saudi women’s group on Friday blamed the country’s religious police in the “honor” killing of two sisters […]
July 9, 2009

‘Hijab martyr’ rally due in Cairo

Further protests are expected in Cairo over of the case of an Egyptian woman dubbed the “headscarf martyr” […]
July 9, 2009

Brandon Robshaw: The burqa should not be worn in class

Brandon Robshaw writes: “when a female Muslim student arrived at my philosophy AS class shrouded from heat to […]