{"id":479,"date":"2008-01-25T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/25\/friday-links-january-25-2008-2\/"},"modified":"2012-01-21T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T18:44:45","slug":"friday-links-january-25-2008-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2008\/01\/friday-links-january-25-2008-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; January 25, 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><ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A Saudi woman\u2019s parents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22755046\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">annul her marriage<\/a> without her permission because they claim she \u201cmarried beneath her.\u201d Bad form! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A Muslim juror who wears niqab has been asked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,71727.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">remove it<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Martina Sabra looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanchristianpost.com\/articledetails.php?artid=515\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Islamic feminism in Morocco<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Qatari archer\/racer Nada Zeidan urges more women to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gulf-times.com\/site\/topics\/article.asp?cu_no=2&amp;item_no=196633&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=57&amp;parent_id=56\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">get involved in sports<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radionetherlands.nl\/currentaffairs\/080118-muslimas-sex-right\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Senay \u00d6zdemir<\/a> argues that it\u2019s healthy for young Muslim women to experiment sexually. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Three Muslim women who feel their imam ignored their concerns because of their gender <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080118\/CULTURE\/225250584\/1015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sue him<\/a> for a breach of human rights. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Kadija Abdul Wahed becomes the first Qatari woman to <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ohmynews.com\/articleview\/article_view.asp?no=381525&amp;rel_no=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">participate in a horse race<\/a>. Mashallah!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">A review about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/01\/21\/DDCLUFP60.DTL\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Territories<\/em><\/a>, a play that highlights how a Muslim woman might have been at the heart of the Crusades. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><em>The Canadian Press <\/em>looks at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/canadianpress.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5hg81Ugyb9uQ3rYsDPJk_bVY_Q0tw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Caramel<\/a>, <\/em>an award-winning movie about a beauty salon in Beirut.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Kuwaiti education minister Nuriya al-Sabeeh endures a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/articles\/2008\/01\/22\/44546.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">no-confidence vote<\/a> against those who accuse her of corruption. SNAP! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Women can now <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7201643.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stay alone<\/a> in hotels in Saudi   Arabia. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Since abortion is illegal except in rare medical cases in Malaysia, young women often take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnkronos.com\/AKI\/English\/CultureAndMedia\/?id=1.0.1797067658\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">abortion pills<\/a> instead. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Turkey moves to <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/1AF209E7-0B83-46D7-8B97-E0A380EFAA6B.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">end its ban on hejab<\/a> in universities!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">An Iraqi refugee tells <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/talking_point\/7187258.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">her story<\/a>.<br>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Saudi woman\u2019s parents annul her marriage without her permission because they claim she \u201cmarried beneath her.\u201d Bad form! 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