Friday Links — December 28, 2007

• More Moroccan women are taking classes to become religious female guides (mourchidates). Mashallah!

• Women in Bangladesh undergo a three-day course to learn about their rights under Islam.

• A Muslim woman in Vancouver, Canada, is allegedly fired from her job because of her religion.

• Just Another Angry Black Woman? talks about why lots of Black American Muslim women are reading a book by a Mormon woman.

• States in India adopt a plan to help educate minority women, specifically tackling double discrimination faced by Muslim women.

• Al Ahram profiles Buthayna Kamel, an Egyptian activist and talk show host. And she has some great stuff to say.

• MidEast Youth looks at a documentary about sex trafficking and what it means for girls and women in Dubai.

• Salam Al-Mahadin for The Guardian writes about how liberation for women comes in different shapes and sizes, just like women themselves.

• A Chinese Muslimah writes a three-piece entry on Islam in China on how difficult it is to grow up Muslim around non-Muslims.

• Organic Muslimah writes about female empowerment, as seen through the eyes of women-haters.

• Speaking of women-haters, a cleric in Iran says that women who do not wear hejab must die. What a class-act.

• Muslim Hedonist looks at why putting on a burqa for a week tells you absolutely nothing about a Muslim woman’s life.

We’d like to expand our coverage, if possible. It’s difficult to find news about our sisters in places like Latin America, Chechnya, and Southeast Asia. Please forward stories to us or suggestions for English news outlets that cover these areas and these women; you can send them to [email protected].