Friday Links | March 4, 2011

• Veils that cover the face will be officially illegal in France beginning next month. And just in time, France is rolling out a new anti-niqab campaign.

• On how sexual violence was used to suppress Safia Ishaq’s activism.

• Two prominent Malaysian women, Zainah Anwar and Marina Mahathir, were included on a New York-based global advocacy’s list of 100 most inspiring people around the world for their work in advocating the rights of women and girls.

• Women in Yemen are joining the wave of protests against President Saleh. Common Ground News explains how one woman in particular is fueling the protests.

• Bangladeshi women use micro-credit to finance themselves out of poverty and into success.

• On the large illiteracy gap in India’s female Muslim population.

• All of the protests for rights in the MENA region have bypassed the rights of the  region’s domestic workers.

• Radio Netherlands interviews the Libyan woman who lead the first sit-in at Benghazi’s legal offices.

• Women’s experiences of violence and ‘suicide terrorism’ in the Palestinian territories.

• The events in Tahrir Square were significant for Egyptian women. Meet one of them here.

• Francis Hasso on Riz Khan, talking about Islamic feminism.

• The horrific story of an honor killing in Arizona.

• How abuse follows Afghan women when they migrate to the U.S.

Have you noticed that our Friday Links have been short lately? So have we!

If you see a story about Muslim women in the news, email us at [email protected] and we’ll include it in our Friday links!

Meanwhile, feel free to leave links to any news stories we’ve missed in the comments!