September 10, 2009The chador and feminism don’t always fitMeghan Daum argues that the case of Lubna Hussein is a reminder of the dark side of the […]
September 7, 2009Sudan Fines Woman Who Wore PantsA Sudanese court on Monday decided not to lash a woman for wearing trousers in public but convicted […]
August 18, 2009Danish Conservatives Call for Burqa BanThe immigration spokesman for Denmark’s Conservative Party is calling for a ban on the wearing of burqas in […]
August 15, 2009Swimmers are told to wear burkinisBritish swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour Members of […]
August 12, 2009Paris swimming refuses woman wearing BurkiniFrance’s struggle with Islamic dress has moved into the swimming pool after a 35-year-old woman was banned from […]
August 12, 2009Sudan trouser trial ‘travel ban’A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers says she has been stopped from going abroad: […]
August 11, 2009Kingston police welcome Met ‘honour crime’ trainingKingston, UK police have welcomed plans to introduce Metropolitan-wide training for officers to identify the signs of honour-based […]
August 3, 2009UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exerciseBritish police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body […]
August 1, 2009French feminist Fadela Amara continues missionAugust’s issue of Connexion Magazine features an interview with French feminist Fadela Amara. Although Amara, who leans left […]
July 28, 2009UK female police officers issued with uniform hijabAvon and Somerset Constabulary (UK) has begun to equip its female officers with a uniform issue hijab to […]
July 24, 2009Georgia courts to allow religious head coveringsGeorgia courtrooms will allow religious headgear, notably the Islamic hijab, after last year’s arrest of a Muslim woman […]
July 23, 2009James Delingpole: What Barack Obama could learn from Nicolas Sarkozy about IslamJames Delingpole argues that U.S. President Barack Obama could learn from French President Nicolas Sarkozy with regard to […]
July 23, 2009Flashback: Michigan Supreme Court allows Judges to order headscarves removedFlashback: On June 17, the Michigan Supreme Court voted to give judges the right to compel witnesses to […]
July 16, 2009Muslims seek schools’ OK for religious garb, holy daysIn the United States, Muslim students and interest groups are increasingly vocal in demanding the right to wear […]
July 16, 2009No Islamic attire by pool, Egypt tells NorwegianA Norwegian Muslim woman has filed a complaint with her embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo after […]
July 13, 2009Sudan women ‘lashed for trousers’Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing in trousers, according to a local journalist […]
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 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 […]