Friday Links | May 6, 2011

• ILLUME discusses sexual harassment.

• Our lady Yusra writes about her life as a Libyan-American Muslim woman for The Huffington Post.

• The Sydney Morning Herald profiles Shakira Hussein’s activism.

• Female health workers in Pakistan have no maternity leave and are facing pay shortages.

• A man murdered his 20-year-old stepdaughter. May Allah give her peace and justice.

• The Washington Post and The Daily Beast weigh in on Sila Sahin’s Playboy spread.

• A 15-year-old girl gets accepted to 13 colleges and decides on Harvard.

• A missing woman returns to her family unharmed, but local authorities remain suspicious.

• Women Without Borders study concludes that Yemeni women want more independence and freedoms.

• The frightening ordeal Syrian blogger Amina is going through. May God keep her.

• Pakistani schoolgirls give an alternate account of the Greg Mortenson controversy.

• Two mothers who found friendship and forgiveness after 9/11.

• The Toronto Star examines how basketball is improving things for Indian Muslim girls.

• Shelina Janmohamed writes about Nigella Lawson’s recent brush with the burkini.

• In Tajikistan, divorce by text is being banned by the country’s religious authorities.

• The Guardian profiles women who run workshops combating extremism.

• Bangladeshi women are pushing government to implement the recently approved National Women Development Policy, which will give women equal economic and political rights.

• Three Qatari women have joined forces to create a fashion and lifestyle magazine focusing on their country. Via MuslimVoices.

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