• Muslim women in Uganda are pushing for condom use to prevent HIV infection.

• Divorced single mothers in Malaysia may receive advance alimony payments if their husbands fail to pay.

• U.S. Secretary of State declares that a dress code should not be enforced on Muslim women during her visit to the Gulf.

• Azerbaijan un-banned the hijab.

• The Sydney Morning Herald examines female Australian converts.

• The U.S. urges Iran to release Nasrin Sotoudeh.

• Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh, India,  converged in Lucknow to demand codification of the Muslim Personal Law, which they say is being “misinterpreted to the disadvantage of women”.

• “Stereotypes can be frustrating for Muslim women.” You don’t say!

• Helsinki will no longer allow specific women-only times in city swimming pools.  [Read more...]

It’s the final Friday Links of 2010!

• AOL News examines the best (and only) little sex shop in Bahrain.

• A female suicide bomber killed 45 people in Pakistan. May Allah give the victims peace and justice.

• The Washington Post highlights the work Rubina Sandhi does to fight radicalization in India.

• The New York Times looks at how Muslim women are making gains in the U.S.

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An Iraqi man murdered his daughter to prevent her from joining al-Qaeda.

• Economic need is forcing many Pakistani women to take jobs, but puts a strain on home life.

• TwoCircles does an interview with Parveen Amanullah, the Social Welfare Minister in Bihar, India.

• A Muslim women’s club collects money for a Veteran’s Memorial in Harrisburg.

• How wearing a headscarf can be a feminist choice.

• Some guys wore a burqa in a TV show and it pissed some people off.

• The Dawn looks at rape, criminal law, and Pakistan.

• Oh, look! Hijab is being used as a political issue again! This time between Iran and Azerbaijan.

• The Toronto Star profiles Farrah Khan and her work with AQSAzine.

• The Huffington Post examines Shirin Neshat’s artistic contribution to the last decade.

If you see any stories about Muslim women in the news that we missed, feel free to post links in the comments!

Happy 2011, readers! Enshallah it’s a healthy, happy, successful year for us all!

• The Correctional Service of Canada has hired its first female Muslim prison guard, and her hiring has garnered mixed reviews.

• Last weekend, hundreds of Muslim believers gathered outside Azerbaijan’s education ministry to protest a ban on hijab, which police broke up. More here and here and here.

• MuslimMatters deconstructs an Islamophobic chain email that claims Islam is harmful to women.

• The Urban Literature News Magazine profiles Maysoon Zayid.

• Surprise! Muslim women bear the brunt of stereotyping.

• Ahmadiyya Muslims in Ghana are lectured on the importance of marriage.

• A French court has ruled against a woman who sued a private child-care center that fired her for wearing an Islamic headscarf and cloak to work.

• The Muslim Identity Collection (MID) recently organized an international Islamic fashion show in Abuja, Nigeria.

• A Muslim woman who was arrested after she refused to remove her headscarf in a west Georgia courthouse has filed a federal lawsuit. [Read more...]