• Success magazine looks at Moroccan Olympic runner Nawal El Moutawakel.

• Nazish Noorani was murdered after finishing iftar, allegedly under the authority of her husband. May God give her justice. Read more on domestic violence and Nazish at AltMuslimah and MuslimVoices.

• In the Philippines, several Muslim religious groups and organizations have signed a manifesto advocating Muslim women to breastfeed their children.

• The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board backs Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign and hunger strike.
  

• Russia’s first women-only beach will open in Dagestan after Ramadan this year.

• Harvard Magazine reviews Leila Ahmed’s newest book.

• On how sympathy with or for Muslim women is often dangerous for us.

• Awesome post on how Muslim women in Ireland don’t need anybody to dictate their lives.

• The BBC profiles Wardina Saffiyyah, a Malaysian actress and model.

• Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to police on request or risk going to prison under proposed new laws in New South Wales, Australia.

• One women-only gym in Texas isn’t very women-friendly.

• The 30 Mosques in 30 Days project looks at domestic violence.

• More grassroots movements against domestic violence are gaining momentum in Turkey.

• A record number of women are running for seats on the United Arab Emirates’ legislative body, the Federal National Council.

If we’ve missed news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!

Okay, so our readers have spoken! Our original Friday link format is back! We’ll do our best to keep it this way!

• Somali women face immense battles: famine, political instability, and rape.

• An interview with Anjum Zamrooda Habib, a prominent Kashmiri resistance fighter.

• The Washington Post profiles an Egyptian woman who’s gaining fame by teaching Egyptians how to prepare food they can actually afford.

• A Muslim schoolgirl in Mangalore, India, is fighting for the right to wear hijab at school.

• IPS looks at female Palestinian prisoners.

• In Iran, hijab is used as a political pawn (again).

• The “new” Iraq isn’t very safe for women or minority groups.

• Looking at Bouthaina Kamel, Egypt’s first female presidential nominee.

• In Morocco, the Arab Spring isn’t doing much for winning.

• Egyptian airline attendants fight for the right to wear hijab.

• Pakistan’s Dawnlooks at the feminization of faith.

• Nazish Noorani was killed while walking with her husband and child in New Jersey. May God give them peace and justice.

• A police station in Tennessee will no longer require the removal of religious headgear on men or women arrested.

• The Daily Mail says that Chris Tarrant’s daughter Fia has converted to Islam.

• The Express Tribune looks at the role of women in Pakistan’s development.

Feel free to leave links in the comments to news about Muslim women from this week that we’ve missed !