Friday Links — July 23, 2010

• Muslim girls at the London School of Fashion examine faith and fashion. More on “Islamic fashion” here.

• Spain’s parliament rejected a proposal to ban the niqab, while Syria has banned the niqab from educational facilities. Sumbul Ali-Karamali explores the burqa ban from an American perspective. More on the Syrian ban here.

• On how garment factories in Bangladesh have changed women’s outlooks on their futures.

• In north Afghanistan, women are facing a Taliban revival. More from The New York Times and The Daily Beast.

• The problems with Malaysia’s female Shariah judges.

• The Arab-American Action Network helps smooth the transition to the United States for Arab women.

• The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a report detailing how the ban on hijab in western societies violates the rights of Muslim minorities there. Irony!

• MuslimMatters interviews Nai’ma B. Robert about her new book.

• The U.K.’s Immigration Minister says that imposing a ban on the niqab similar to France’s would be “un-British.” Indeed!

• Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes. More from Arab News.

• A Pakistani couple has been sentenced to death for alleged adultery. May Allah keep them.

• Photos of Iranian women in their regional costumes are decorating the walls a Tehran gallery in an exhibition called “Veils of Light.”

• Yahoo! News gets around to reporting on Aquila magazine.

• British Parliament member Philip Hollobone has refused to meet with Muslim women who wear niqab.

• Mona Eltahawy on the burqa ban.

• The Times Live interviews Shubnum Khan about her shortlist prize for African Writing.

• The Fourth Islamic Fashion Festival happened: here are pictures.

• On the rise of inter-religious marriages in Russia.

• Emirati women are using age-old skills to create modern designs for the handicraft markets.

• Seven women and three men have been sentenced to death for adultery. May Allah keep them.

• Twenty undergraduate women from Egypt and Morocco are spending this month at the University of Kansas to attend a leadership program funded the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

• From singledom to suicide in Egypt.

• Women’s eNews interviews Delphine Minoui, who helped Nujood Ali write an autobiography.

• Uzbek women allege that they have been forcibly sterilized by the government.

• A female Muslim preacher has been threatened with death for declaring that the niqab is not obligatory.

• NPR examines China’s female imams.

• Al-Masry al Youm reviews Ethar El Katatney’s book.

• Two women in France were thrown out of a public pool for wearing burqinis.

• elan profiles designer Zolaykha Sherzad.

• Iran’s government has put fresh pressure on Sakineh Ashtiani, demanding the names of those involved in the campaign for her release.

• On The Bussy Project.

• A 17-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her younger brother after leaving a women’s shelter. May Allah give her peace and justice.

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