Friday Links — January 4, 2008

Is anyone else freaking out that it’s 2008 already?!

• Malaysian Muslim actress Sharifah Amani bucks the idea that Muslim women should have long hair.

• News Hounds calls a Fox commenter out on her false statement that “there is no sympathy in the Muslim world for Benazir Bhutto.” Sounds like this commenter either can’t read or has her head in the sand.

• Communicative Clarity discusses how the treatment of women in mosques in the U.S. brings these places away from Allah.

• altmuslim looks at Benazir Bhutto’s death and its consequences for Pakistani women.

• More women in Indonesia are filing for divorce because their men aren’t gettin’ the job done.

• Muslim women who are homeless have very few options in the U.S., with the exception of a few Islamic shelters.

• An interview with Yvonne Ridley.

• Niqabis in Britain don’t want no scrubs…except the new niqab-style ones, that is!
  

• KabobFest dispels the idea that Bhutto was the Muslim world’s first female leader.

• Singapore begins putting together a shelter for abused Muslim women.

• A girl who became separated from her parents in a Saudi Arabian market was safely returned to her parents, alhamdulillah.

• Everyone is paying attention to tennis sensation Sania Mirza’s dress instead of her athletic achievements.

• The Associated Press looks at Benazir Bhutto’s legacy for Muslim women.

• A Muslim woman in India wins much deserved recognition for her social work with mostly Hindu women.

• Yemen Times’ Maged Al-Kholidy argues that there must be violence against women to keep them in line, and that women who are beaten usually deserve it. (sigh) His email is included in the link, if you wish to express your thoughts.