Muslimah Media Watch
- Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s 12-year-old son has been handed over to Pakistani authorities. More from MuslimMatters.
- A Muslim convert was refused burial in a Tunisian Muslim cemetery because she did not have an Arab surname.
- An Algerian woman and her daughter were murdered by her son.
- A female suicide bomber kills 22 in Diyala, Iraq.
- The hopes of Afghan school girls (and boys).
- Soraya Tehrani writes about drugs and Iranian women.
- A Moroccan theologian who has been sued for claiming that girls can wed at nine reiterates his stance.
- Though Iranian women have made inroads in public social and economic roles, their domestic roles are still the same.
- Teachers in Denmark worry that Muslim schoolchildren are at a disadvantage if they fast for Ramadan.
- The Saudi Gazette covers hijab styles in the media.
- Samar Fatany writes about moderation in faith.
- Bangladesh has asked a top lawyer in the country to mediate between Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.
- A law in Singapore will soon make it easier for ex-wives to receive payments from their ex-husbands.
- A fashion show in Saudi Arabia will focus on “veiled woman.” More from the Saudi Gazette.
- Islamic courts in the U.K. can be legally binding.
- The establishment of the Secretariat on the Protection and Enhancement of Muslim Women (Senada) has been approved by the government and aims to protect Muslim women in Malaysia.
- A senior female Muslim policewoman plans to sue the U.K.’s police for racial discrimination and bullying.
- Iran’s Dr. Yasaman Farzan receives the prestigious International Union of Pure and Applied Physics’ Young Scientist Prize in Particle Physics.
- A state in Malaysia bans women from performing in front of a mixed-sex audience.
- Feministing covers A Jihad for Love.
- Dr. Qanta Ahmed’s book gets some more press! Via Progressive Muslima News.
- (rolling eyes) Muslim women like having pretty hair, too! Oooooooooooh! They’re not so different, after all!
- Saudiwoman’s Weblog explains the relationship between Saudi women and their drivers.
- A Muslim family worries about the resurgence of Islamophobia in Oregon.
- The National examines a Syrian group of female preachers called the Qubeisiat.
- Samira Laouni speaks to the men’s half of the mosque.
- Cambodian Muslim students will be allowed to wear head scarves once the new school year starts.
- A Muslim woman says she’s been fired from her job at a Seattle, Washington, Best Western for continuing to wear the headscarf she’s been wearing since she began working there.
- Achelois ponders on Muslim women and Greek comedy.
- Hala_In_USA discusses “airing dirty laundry” and the guardianship of Saudi women. Via Global Comment Online.
- A film about the stoning of Soraya M. opens at Toronto’s film festival.
- A bill in Indonesia’s parliament will define pornography as “acts that incite sexual desire.” Vague, wouldn’t you say? Here’s a good post on the negative impact of such a law.
- Haya al-Manie proposes institutional safeguards for problems posed by domestic maids.
- Arab News discusses public opinion polls about Saudi women’s rights.
- Al Jazeera looks at the hijab as fashion statement in Egypt.
- Asharq Alawsat reports that domestic violence cases in Saudi Arabia drop 80% during Ramadan.
- The Nigerian man with 86 wives has refused to divorce all but four of them, despite earlier reports. So he was arrested. And has gotten himself 86 lawyers; one for each wife, I guess.
- The BBC looks at the problems Eritrean women face through three women.
- The Guardian discusses Ramadan soap operas.
- Faisal al Yafai writes a post about Egyptian sexual harassment.
- ALL THINGS PAKISTAN ponders about the rape rate in Pakistan. Via Global Voices Online.
- Payvand News features Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani’s views of Ahmedinejad’s government and women’s rights.
- SaudiAmber reviewsThe Women.
- During Ramadan, an illegal maid racket thrives in Saudi Arabia.
- Princess Lulwa of Saudi Arabia died this week at the age of 80. May Allah give her peace.
- Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been allowed to return to Bangladesh to contest elections.
- Global Voices Online discusses divorce and women working in Egypt.
- Islam in Europe looks at online dating sites for Muslims that advertise polygynous marriage though it’s illegal in Sweden.
- IslamOnline reports on the removal of barriers to exercise for women.
- Menassat profiles the first online magazine for LGBT Muslims, based in Beirut.
- Nadz writes about her experiences at a Global Fund for Women conference in Morocco.
- Payvand News interviews Elnaz Ansari, an Iranian women’s activist.
- Shirkat Gah suggests a letter-writing campaign for the women who were buried alive in Pakistan. Via WLUML.
- Nayereh Tohidi writes about the state of Iran’s laws after the shelving of a sexist law on polygyny.
- Women in the Philippines are calling for a ceasefire in Mindanao.
- The University Daily Kansan looks at Muslim women who wear the headscarf.
- Social enterprises are one way to help underrepresented communities.
- Mauritian women are active in grassroots campaigning, but are still not present in larger political bodies.
- Indonesian rights groups call for an end to child slavery in Malaysia.
- Saudi Arabia announced 1,000 scholarships for Saudi women to become nurses in order to address the country’s nursing shortage. Sabria Jawhar gives her opinions. Via Global Voices Online.
- Sara discusses her thoughts on hypocrisy in Ramadan. Via Global Voices Online.
- Fann 3arabi features artist Hend Al Mansour.
- Remember Nujood? The Yemeni girl who got herself a divorce? She’s back at school. Via Yemen Journey.
- Fatemeh Keshavarz writes about a disturbing trend in Islamophobia. Via Islamify.
- Islam in Europe profiles a Danish Muslim fashion house and raises the concerns of Rotterdam’s school district that girls from immigrant backgrounds aren’t returning to school after the summer.
- Saudi Arabia’s only film production company run by women will bring a different point of view about Saudi Arabia to the world.
- Payvand News highlights an Iranian organization working to transform disadvantaged women’s lives in Iran.
- Susan El-Baneh and her new husband died in the attack on the Yemen-based U.S. embassy. May Allah grant them peace.
- SaudiAmber takes a look at a book about the veil.
- The New Nation interviews Ayesha Jala about the position of women in contemporary Muslim society.
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