Muslimah Media Watch
- A Muslim woman in Canada alleges that she was fired because of her headscarf.
- “It’s stopping anybody perving on anybody in there really.” My favorite quote from The Sydney Morning Herald’s story on a local pool putting up privacy curtains for Muslim women’s swimming hours. Meanwhile, here’s another story about ladies-only times at public Australian swimming pools.
- This year, the Organization of the Islamic Conference has prepared an action plan to advance the status and rights of women among its member states. More from Today’s Zaman.
- A 14-year-old rape victim in Bangladesh was flogged to death. Now her death has become a murder investigation. May Allah give her peace and justice. More from Religion Dispatches.
- Muslim women and civil society leaders in Mindanao are pushing a role for Muslim women in securing peace in southern Philippines.
- Female Muslim employees at a Fiji bank are not allowed to wear their headscarves as per the bank’s new dress policy.
- Canada’s only candidate for a headscarf token security job has been disqualified due to her failure to pass parts of the exam. More from the Montreal Gazette.
- Muslim men want younger wives, Muslim women want older husbands.
- In Srinagar, India, members of a Muslim women’s group protested against the murder of two women by Lashkar-e Taiba militants.
- The widow of a Pakistani man who was killed by a U.S. official has killed herself by taking poison. May Allah give her peace.
- The BBC interviews a father who murdered his daughter for “being too Western.”
If we’ve missed any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!
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