{"id":4328,"date":"2009-07-31T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2009-07-31T00:00:45","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T08:00:45","slug":"friday-links-july-31-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2009\/07\/friday-links-july-31-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; July 31, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><ul>\n<li>The BBC looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8161199.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">women who clear Sudanesse minefields<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The New York Times <\/em>tells the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/26\/opinion\/26kristof.html?_r=2&amp;ref=opinion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">story of Assiya Rafiq<\/a>, may Allah give her justice. Mukhtar Mai is <a href=\"http:\/\/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/25\/helping-assiya-and-mukhtar\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">helping her in her fight<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s Muslim Marriage bill is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alqalam.co.za\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=296:muslim-marriages-bill-under-threat-&amp;catid=41:rotator-news\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">under threat<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran\u2019s silly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alqalam.co.za\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=256:ban-on-golshifteh-farahani-movie-lifted&amp;catid=54:international-news&amp;Itemid=116\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ban on Golshifteh Farahani\u2019s movies has been lifted<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim women in Ghana attend a two-day workshop on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghananewsagency.org\/s_social\/r_6907\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">importance of blending religious and secular education<\/a> for their children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Female Saudi students in Boston, Mass., take part in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/yourtown\/news\/wellesley\/2009\/07\/saudi_students_attend_entrepre.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">educating locals<\/a> about their country, culture, and religion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tarek Fatah\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/story.html?id=1826820\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">views on honor killing<\/a> in light of the suspected recent honor killing of three girls and their mother. The <em>National Post <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/story.html?id=1821919\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">examines honor killings in Canada<\/a>, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/features\/viewpoints\/story.html?id=0d974392-b203-4bfb-871f-c1cd9c336ee4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Gazette <\/em>offers another side<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Judicial Council of Georgia will now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/ap\/nation\/6546164.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">allow headscarves within the state\u2019s courtrooms.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Female Afghan rights activsts call for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensenews.org\/article.cfm?aid=4084\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more aid, less war<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> takes a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124847696096780319.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lebanon\u2019s female taxis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hamas government may <a href=\"http:\/\/english.pnn.ps\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=6275\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">require female lawyers to wear a headscarf<\/a> while in court. More from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2009\/07\/26\/79930.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Al Arabiya<\/a>. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamonline.net\/servlet\/Satellite?c=Article_C&amp;cid=1248187376784&amp;pagename=Zone-English-Euro_Muslims%2FEMELayout\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">results of IslamOnline\u2019s pol<\/a>l asking female readers whether they would remove their hijab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Associated Press <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hIPmn5cqANv1xPEVbmb3S7HN5D9gD99M9MGO0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">highlights Beirut as a fashion capital<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Middle East Online examines how Muslim women are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middle-east-online.com\/english\/?id=33364\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">using mosques to reclaim their rights<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Last week, the WISE conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. You can read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/yementimes.com\/article.shtml?i=1280&amp;p=culture&amp;a=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=7&amp;section=0&amp;article=124967&amp;d=29&amp;m=7&amp;y=2009\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/panelists\/pamela_k_taylor\/2009\/07\/wise_muslim_women.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernama.com\/bernama\/v5\/newsgeneral.php?id=428783\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/07\/wise-conference-2009---part-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Walid al-Houri compares the <a href=\"http:\/\/counterpunch.org\/walid07102009.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">deaths of Neda and Marwa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/car-landed-in-canal-via-unlikely-route\/article1204833\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tragic deaths<\/a> of three women and their mother from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2009\/07\/24\/montreal-canal-deaths-rona-mohammed-siblings.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the CBC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/daughters-lifestyle-angered-parents\/article1228868\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Globe and Mail<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>epiphanies introduces a <a href=\"http:\/\/tasnimx.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/muslima-magazine-project.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wonderful new project<\/a> for Swedish Muslim girls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On Farah Pandith\u2019s U.S. appointment as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commongroundnews.org\/article.php?id=25987&amp;lan=en&amp;sid=1&amp;sp=0&amp;isNew=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Special Representative to Muslim Communities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On Turkish women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commongroundnews.org\/article.php?id=25988&amp;lan=en&amp;sid=1&amp;sp=0&amp;isNew=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in the news media<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/07\/28\/kashmir.chief.minister.resigns\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">accused of being involved in a sex trafficking ring<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Police in England are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/en_\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=82503&amp;Itemid=2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">equipping female officers with headscarves<\/a> to wear when they enter mosques. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/uk\/crime\/article6730192.ece\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TimesOnline<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisbristol.co.uk\/homepage\/Police-women-cover\/article-1199135-detail\/article.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bristol News<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How Pashtoon Azfar is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/28\/health\/28midw.html?_r=2&amp;ref=science\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">helping women and children in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The first session of Nigeria\u2019s Al-hababiyah women\u2019s forum<a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200907280315.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> focused on modesty<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Afghanistan\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/malalai-joya-the-woman-who-will-not-be-silenced-1763127.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Malalai Joya speaks with Johann Hari<\/a> about her fight for women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In Egypt, dispute are arising over new legislation, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=47799\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sets quotas for female parliament members<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The wife of a North Carolina terrorism suspect is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/nation\/story\/72639.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">subjected to an incredibly cruel ruse<\/a>. May Allah give her and her family justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reuters reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2009\/07\/29\/world\/international-uk-france-veil.html?_r=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">only 367 women in France wear the \u201cfull veil\u201d<\/a> or niqab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/africa\/07\/29\/sudan.journalist.lashings\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">case of Lubna Al-Hussein<\/a>, who was charged for <em>wearing trousers<\/em>, began Wednesday. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2009\/07\/29\/world\/international-uk-sudan-trousers.html?_r=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The regional coordinator of the Madura Ulema Association in Bangkalan, Indonesia <a href=\"http:\/\/thejakartaglobe.com\/news\/clerics-support-bylaw-requiring-veils-for-girls\/321039\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">supports a proposed bylaw<\/a> that would require female students to wear Islamic veils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A U.S. court has ruled that Aafia Siddiqui is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/latestCrisis\/idUSN29271325\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fit to stand trial<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Dutch court has dissolved the employment agreement between a Muslim woman and a hospital, who <a href=\"http:\/\/islamineurope.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/den-bosch-muslim-nurse-fired-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">fired her because she refused to bare her arms<\/a> under her medical scrubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nuseiba <a href=\"http:\/\/nuseiba.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/27\/burqas-bans-and-feeble-women\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">discusses the burqa ban<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim women in Uganda petition Parliament to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newvision.co.ug\/D\/8\/13\/689737\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">convene a special session<\/a> to address recent ritual murders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/07\/30\/mideast.honor.killings\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">brutally murdered by her father <\/a>in Gaza. May Allah give her peace and justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Denmark will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cphpost.dk\/news\/national\/46425-minister-no-headscarves-in-military.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">not allow headscarves in the military. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/the-newspaper\/columnists\/the-muslim-matchmakers-of-birmingham-979\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">minefield of marriage matchmaking<\/a> in the Pakistani diapora in Britain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Palestinian television show aired a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/07\/15\/tv.show\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">re-enactment of a mother preparing for a suicide bombing<\/a>, and has touched off controversy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadi Sadr has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msmagazine.com\/news\/uswirestory.asp?ID=11848\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">released from prison<\/a>.\u00a0 More from <a href=\"http:\/\/womensenews.org\/article.cfm\/dyn\/aid\/4088\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Women\u2019s eNews<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC looks at the women who clear Sudanesse minefields. 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