Friday Links — October 23, 2009

• Politics Daily discusses the state of women’s rights in Afghanistan.

• Somalia’s hardline group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras. When does it end?! More from Al Arabiya and Improvisations. Via ProgressiveIslam.

• Time reports on the recent phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Pakistan.

• CAIR has asked state and federal officials to get involved in an investigation of a recent home vandalism because the home owner is a Muslim woman who is running for a public office.

• Al Ahram weighs in on the the niqab controversy. So does Southern Masala.

• Ummid.com interviews Zainah Anwar.

• The Muslim women’s group RAHAMA and Assistant U. S. Attorney Richard Maigret have been selected to receive an award for working to combat domestic violence.

• GOATMILK continues its series on sexuality and Islam.

• A Canadian Muslim speaks out against the Muslim Canadian Congress’ calls for a niqab ban.

• The Saudi Gazette reports on Diam’s conversion to Islam.

• The BBC reports on another type of sexual harassment in Egypt: phone stalking.

• The Los Angeles Times profiles Kurdistan’s “Shakira”.

• In Finland, women from Muslim backgrounds are experiencing a rise in honor-based violence. Via Islam in Europe.

• The Canadian Press covers Malalai Joya’s new book.

• Iranian women are accused of being part of a drug smuggling cartel in Indonesia.

• The controversial Ikhwan Polygamy Club intends to set up branches in Indonesia.

• Kuwaiti women will now be able to obtain their own passports and travel without the prior consent of their husbands following a recent ruling. More here.
  

• In New Delhi, Dr. Zainab Alwani gives a lecture on challenges that Muslim women face.

• IslamOnline interviews German politican Hülya Dogan.

• Militants in Pakistan target a women’s cafeteria at an Islamic university.

• The Kuwaiti “hijab in parliament” issue takes up more political time. More from elan.

• In India, a cleric accused women of witchcraft, which resulted in horrific assault. May Allah give these women justice.

• Morocco lifts its reservations on CEDAW, but doesn’t come up with a plan to enact it.

• A new fatwa in Jordan states that online chatting between sexes is haram.

• Common Ground News highlights a place that Egyptian women can go for help.

• The Watford Observer profiles Sharifa Chaudry.

• Thailand’s design schools will promote Islamic fashion, in accordance with government wishes.

• Haife Wehbe gets herself into some more trouble.

• Pedestrian highlights the unveiling of a new Iranian women’s website.

• A’isha Mouneimne discusses domestic violence here and here.

• NPR charts Dalia Mogahed’s elevation to Muslim celebrity status. She also speaks with U.S. News about her comments on shari’ah.

• Around 1,000 divorced Muslim women staged a rally in Orissa demanding the inclusion of their names in the BPL (Below Poverty Line) list. More here.

• More on Malaysia’s government-sponsored honeymoons.

• Other Sudanese women charged with wearing pants have been sentenced.

• IslamOnline reminds us about pink hijab day.

• In Kenya, the Catholic church is protesting a recent ruling that will allow Muslim girls to wear headscarves in schools.

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