Friday Links — September 17, 2010

• Shariah-approved sex aids. ‘Nuff said.

• In the U.S., everyone’s in an uproar about Imam Rauf. Rafia Zakaria looks at his wife, Daisy, instead.

• The French Senate approved the burqa ban.

• Guernica looks at the intersection of women’s rights and Shariah law.

• The veil debate is dividing Bangladeshis.

• A 14-year-old girl committed suicide was murdered after being raped. May Allah give her peace and justice.

• Human rights lawyers are asking Kenyan men to be a stronger part of the fight against female genital mutilation.

• Nathalie Handal interviews Zainab Salbi about her “Women for Women” nonprofit.

• What’s it like to be a Muslim woman in post-9/11 America? Here’s two women’s perspectives.

• The BBC profiles Sierra Leone’s Zainab Bangura.

• In India, Himachal Pardesh Government may consider free traveling facilities for Muslim women for eid festivals.

• The Park 51 debate has included several Muslim women’s voices.

• In San Francisco, a federal appeals court granted a new hearing to a Muslim woman who was ordered by sheriff’s deputies to remove her hijab in a courthouse holding cell.

• Indian women are offering prayers and “breaking taboos” all over the place.

• On female farmers in Syria.

• The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria will soon go on sensitization tours to educate Muslim women in the council.

• MidEastYouth does an interview with the woman who responded to the threatened Qur’an burning by wearing a hijab.

• Hijab ad raises eyebrows.

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