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Friday Links — August, 7, 2009

Last updated on: August 7, 2009 at 12:00 am

August 7, 2009 by fatemeh

More on Lubna al-Hussein and the Trouser Fiasco: here, here, and resulting social issue unrest here.

In Nigeria, Hauwa Ibrahim fights Shariah with Shariah.

The wife of Daniel P. Boyd, who is currently charged by the U.S. in a terror plot, defends her family and denounces her treatment by U.S. marshals.

More on France’s negligible burqa findings.

KABOBfest follows up on the Burqa Ban.

Nuseiba revisits the Stolen documentary.

The Dawn gets into the Great Veil Debate.

Zainah Anwar discusses the injustices of Lubna al-Hussein’s case and Kartika Sari Dewi Sukarno’s cases.

G. Willow Wilson writes about the Ideal Husband at City of Brass.

The Dawn’s slideshow on female footballers in Pakistan’s championship.

More on the British police officers‘ dressing up as Muslim women.

Women in Saudi Arabia staged a rare demonstration at Taif University, alleging discriminatory admissions policies. More here.

On saving Afghan women from the “liberators.”

In Jordan, men using the niqab to commit crimes creates real problems for women who wear it.

How not to talk about Islam and domestic violence.

Reza Aslan discusses Neda Agha Soltan’s legacy.

NPR discusses Afghan women’s participation and difficulties in upcoming elections.

Iraqi women take it to the (wrestling) mat.

The National interviews Sarah Elenany. Via Hijab Style.

A Toronto mosque overflowed with mourners for a mother and her two daughters who drowned. May Allah give them peace.

On Saudi women and plastic surgery.

A Dutch TV show will highlight a women who wears niqab.

Mona El Tahawy speaks about her experiences at WISE in Kuala Kumpur.

Samana Siddiqui discusses divorce and American Muslims.

Saudi Amber dissects the problems of Saudi’s first female minister.

Muslim clothing company Marabo is going out of business.

Quebec, Canada, reconsiders its ban on the hijab, among other things.

A woman in New Jersey plans to open a shelter for Muslim women.

On women’s job opportunities (or lack thereof) in Saudi Arabia.

Shazia Rafi writes that girls in the Swat valley need education most of all right now.

The daughter-in-law of Iran’s former president and current politian Rafsanjani was arrested and then released for participating in riots during Ahmadinejad’s inauguration.

Khawla Al-Azraq recounts her stay in an Israeli prison.

Muslim women in Britain do not report racism.

Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a bill outlawing domestic violence.

Ayatollah Khomeini’s granddaughter speaks out about the protesters in Iran, urging police to reveal the identities of the detainees for their families.

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