{"id":470,"date":"2008-01-11T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/11\/friday-links-january-11-2008-2\/"},"modified":"2012-01-21T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T18:45:09","slug":"friday-links-january-11-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2008\/01\/friday-links-january-11-2008-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; January 11, 2008"},"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><p><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">India\u2019s first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infochangeindia.org\/features468.jsp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">all-Muslim woman panchayat<\/a> (or council) works to improve their village\u2019s access to drinking water. (pictured below)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Britain invests in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,527312,00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">educating Muslim women<\/a> through management courses and programs that encourage educational and career opportunities, in an attempt to fight isolation and fanaticism in British Muslim communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Muslim and Jewish women can now get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/archive\/January2008\/07\/c6926.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">halal\/kosher prenatal vitamins<\/a> in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><em>Comment is Free\u2019s<\/em> Khaled Diab examines why <a href=\"http:\/\/commentisfree.guardian.co.uk\/khaled_diab\/2008\/01\/the_virginity_dialogues.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">virginity and chastity take a harder toll on women<\/a> in Egyptian society.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Azerbaijan will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demaz.org\/cgi-bin\/e-cms\/vis\/vis.pl?s=001&amp;p=0056&amp;n=001313&amp;g=\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ban the headscarf<\/a> in educational centers such as universities and schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A survey found that Americans have <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nj.com\/digitallife\/2008\/01\/its_all_in_your_headgear_woman.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">really interesting ideas<\/a> on women who wear<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"> headscarves. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><em>Comment is Free\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/commentisfree.guardian.co.uk\/soumaya_ghannoushi_\/2008\/01\/the_left_that_i_want.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Soumaya Ghannoushi<\/a> argues that the political left can only help Muslim <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">women and others by letting those who they help define their own priorities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A new site in Arabic and English works to <a href=\"http:\/\/la-ha.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">promote dialogue <\/a>about women\u2019s issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A new mother in Saudi Arabia leaves the hospital <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/?page=1&amp;section=0&amp;article=105403&amp;d=8&amp;m=1&amp;y=2008\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">without her newborn<\/a> after the infant went missing from the hospital\u2019s nursery.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">The Associated Press looks at the rising number of <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jIeNA4W77uuXkBmerkQS4F7PsbVQD8TV9A0O0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">female suicide bombers<\/a> in Iraq. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Dr. Rana Sobh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeninsulaqatar.com\/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&amp;subsection=Qatar+News&amp;month=January2008&amp;file=Local_News2008010941947.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">launches a behavioral study<\/a> that hopes to present a more accurate, human face for Arab Muslim women.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A Muslim woman gets sick of her husband and so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speroforum.com\/site\/article.asp?id=13490&amp;t=Germany%3A+Wife+%27flushed+Muslim+husband+down+toilet%27\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">flushes him down the toilet<\/a>. (sigh) At least nobody blamed Islam. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><em>Arabisto.com\u2019s<\/em> Ather Zia examines the coverage surrounding Bhutto\u2019s death and it (and Bhutto) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabisto.com\/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=956\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">breaks down stereotypes<\/a>. <span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">The <em>Global Politician <\/em>interviews Gina Khan <a href=\"http:\/\/globalpolitician.com\/articledes.asp?ID=3998&amp;cid=3&amp;sid=74\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/globalpolitician.com\/articledes.asp?ID=3997&amp;cid=3&amp;sid=74\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Macedonia will allow Muslim women to wear headscarves in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/main\/news\/7289\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">official documents<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_bnvJqTVkYMc\/R4bPVWYI3YI\/AAAAAAAAAMo\/RcpCnKwXQTk\/s1600-h\/Muslim+women+panchayat.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-align: center; cursor: pointer; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_bnvJqTVkYMc\/R4bPVWYI3YI\/AAAAAAAAAMo\/RcpCnKwXQTk\/s320\/Muslim+women+panchayat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s first all-Muslim woman panchayat (or council) works to improve their village\u2019s access to drinking water. 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