Friday Links — October 8, 2010

• MuslimMatters highlights Muslim women who are trying to have it all–and balance it all.

• A Muslim woman who was fired for not wearing a headscarf by her boss in the U.K. has been awarded over £13,500 for wrongful dismissal.

• The Hindu interviews Shelina Zahra Janmohamed on her work as an author.

• The New York Times profiles Nihad Alaeddin, a legendary Syrian actress.

• Hajia Marie Issaka, Midwife of the Bongo Health Centre and a member of the Federation of Muslim women in Ghana has been named Midwife Champion of the year and the best Midwife by the United Nations Population Fund.

• One Saudi Arabian woman shares her experience studying in the U.S.

• Three Tajik schoolgirls have threatened suicide over Tajikistan’s ban on headscarves. More here.

• The Los Angeles Times profiles Marwa Atik, the designer behind a new line of scarves.

• The Center for American Progress interviews AltMuslimah Editor Asma Uddin about gender and Islam.

• The BBC asks whether women are playing a larger role in Al-Qaeda.

• The Guardian looks at NiqaBitch.

• Shaykh Hamza Yusuf discusses the social cost of pornography.

• Another review of the I Want to Get Married TV show.

• A Muslim American woman reflects on her father’s sacrifices to provide for her.

• Advocacy groups that have reported on violations of domestic workers’ rights in Kuwait began an intensive advertising and outreach campaign to promote respect for the rights of these workers.

• The Netherlands plans to ban the niqab. Thanks to the douchery of Geert Wilders.

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