Friday Links — July 2, 2010

• Afshan Azad’s father and brother have been charged with attempting to murder her.

• The Independent profiles Muslim fashion designers.

• Syria bans school teachers from wearing niqab in the classroom.

• CNN examines fashion at a Malaysian Qur’an reading competition.

• A Nigerian Muslim women’s group has said that the political environment in the country is not conducive for women to participate in politics.

• Check out elan magazine’s profile of Muslim women’s blogs, including MMW!

• During the King of Saudi Arabia’s visit to Washington, D.C., women held a protest for reformation of  Saudi guardianship laws.

• Muslim women in Ghana hold a conference on civic engagement and education.

• A man who killed his sister has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder. May Allah give her justice.

• An abortion hotline in Pakistan faces lots of opposition.

• More on Aquila Magazine.

• Europe sure loves its burqa bans, according to USA Today.

• Iranian authorities are planning to take a poll on veiling restrictions in every province.

• Why pregnant women shouldn’t fast during Ramadan.  More from The Independent.

• A transsexual Arab woman has released her memoirs in Beirut.

• Sudanese police arrested more than two dozen people from the capital’s first ever mixed-gender fashion show.

• A council in Riyadh will study marriages between Saudis and non-Saudis.

• On the invisibility of women who wear headscarves in the workplace.

• How the U.A.E. condones sexual violence.

• A study finds that female genital cutting is rampant in Kurdistan.

• In Yemen, female refugees are becoming family breadwinners.

If we missed any news about Muslim women from this week, please feel free to post links in the comments!