Muslimah Media Watch
- In Nigeria, women in purdah vow to vote.
- The Huffington Post talks about Daisy Khan and her work with WISE.
- Amid protests, Syria has lifted the ban on niqabs in classrooms.
- Muslim women in Canton, Michigan, gather for a community panel on Islam.
- A program in Lundu, Malaysia, creates crafting interests that enable women to venture into small business.
- U.S. servicewomen currently have a choice whether to wear a headscarf while on duty in Afghanistan, but some people want to remove that choice.
- The Associated Press examines the worries of France’s Muslims before the veil ban goes into effect next Monday.
- In Assam, India, Muslim women have low representation in politics.
- Bangladesh police clashed with protesters over a government policy to promote women’s development, which the protesters believe will cause Muslim women to “violate Sharia law.”
- Imane Mahssan, a Dutch high school student, lost a lawsuit against her school’s ban on hijab.
- New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has rounded up the alleged accomplice to the alleged juvenile hijab-ripper.
- Spiegel Online looks at the women of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown wants to ban the veil. I am shocked.
- The Muslim Womenpreneurs Bazaar gave several Muslim women across Mississauga, Canada, who own and operate small businesses from their homes a chance to showcase their wares.
- Nesrine Malik writes about how women like Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali actually hurt Muslim women, despite all their squawking to the contrary.
- NPR profilesPakistani musicians Zeb Bangash and Haniya Aslam.
- The Huffington Post interviews Veena Malik about her mullah takedown.
- The Palestinian Democratic Union elected the first ever female secretary-general of a Palestinian faction, Zahira Kamal.
If we’ve missed any news from this week about Muslim women, feel free to post links in the comments!
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