Friday Links — June 4, 2010

• A Belgian court rules a company can fire woman for wearing headscarf.

• Bahrain hosts the region’s first sex shop.

• The Star profiles Huwaida Osman as she works to bridge gaps between Somali and Canadian societies.

• Arab News reports that Saudi society is to the blame for the country’s high female unemployment.

• Five female news presenters at the Al-Jazeera satellite television channel have resigned over conflicts with management. More from the Telegraph,

• The BBC researches the abuse of steroids in Bangladeshi brothels.

• The National profiles several women to watch in the Gulf.

• Afghan women worry that the peace jirga will take away the few rights they’ve worked for.

• The New York Times profiles female activists in Saudi Arabia.

• The Express Tribune reports that 16% more girls in Karachi smoke in school.

• Another news story about how Iranian women wear lots of makeup.

• The first Saudi Domestic Violence Awareness Forum was recently held in London.

• On Tunisian women and environmentally-friendly practices.

• The program on Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation brought delegations to Syria.

• Professional Turkish women have a difficult time finding work.

• Suzanne Tamim’s father has denied being paid to drop civil charges against the Egyptian billionaire on trial for hiring her killer.

• The National profiles Sail Magazine.

• The demands for plastic surgery in Iraq increase when the violence decreases.

• On Pakistani women’s rights.

• A respectful and challenging work environment is what employers need to attract local female graduates in the Emirates.

• A Saudi Islamic scholar has sued to block an education ministry move to allow female teachers to teach young schoolboys in private schools.

• The National profiles female Emirati poets.

• The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice has began distributing new marriage contracts to marriage officials that contain a section that includes a question about bride’s age in an attempt to stop underage marriage.

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