{"id":6625,"date":"2010-07-30T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2010-07-30T00:00:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T07:00:19","slug":"friday-links-july-30-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2010\/07\/friday-links-july-30-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links &#8212; July 30, 2010"},"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>In Pakistan, a court has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jul\/22\/pakistan-qur-an-zaibun-nisa\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">freed a mentally ill woman who has been held without trial for 14 years <\/a>on allegations of desecrating the Qur\u2019an.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim Voices reports that a Saudi sheikh has <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimvoices.org\/muslim-maids-saudi-homes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">called for only Muslim women to work as maids<\/a> in Saudi Arabia. More from the <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2010\/07\/saudi-arabia-cleric-calls-for-muslimonly-maids-in-saudi-homes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Muslim women in the U.K. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muslimnews.co.uk\/paper\/index.php?article=4746\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">attend armed forces memorial<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illumemag.com\/zine\/articleDetail.php?UK-Muslim-Women-Pay-Tribute-to-Soldiers-13147\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/news.asp?idnews=52234\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On polygyny in Bahrain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimvoices.org\/memorial-egyptian-mother-dresden-attacked\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">memorial\u00a0 to Marwa el-Sherbini in Dresden, Germany was desecrated <\/a>last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Wall Street Journal <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704682604575369472168848914.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">talks about pray-ins<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/news\/Attorney-of-Iranian-Condemend-to-Be-Stoned-Faces-Arrest-99249949.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lawyer defending Sakineh Ashtiani faces arrest<\/a> after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jul\/26\/iran-stoning-case-lawyers-relatives-arrested\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">many of his relatives have been arrested<\/a>. The BBC reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-10791424\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">her lawyer is now missing<\/a> and that there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-10748228\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">worldwide rallies for her release<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A bus firm has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-berkshire-10763227\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">rejected allegations one of its drivers refused two Muslim women from traveling on board<\/a> because one had her face covered by a veil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This isn\u2019t something you see every day: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-10757745\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a PETA activist that\u2019s fully covered<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The man who<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1298672\/Protester-hurled-egg-Muslim-Tory-minister-Baroness-Warsi-guilty.html?ito=feeds-newsxml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> egged Baroness Warsi<\/a> is sentenced to jail for six weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><!--more-->Photographer Tiana Markova-Gold and writer Sarah Dohrmann have won this  year\u2019s highly prestigious Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for their  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjp-online.com\/british-journal-of-photography\/news\/1725305\/prostitution-morocco-subject-20th-dorothea-lange-paul-taylor-prize\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">investigation of female prostitution in Morocco<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hamas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-10797575\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">bans lingerie displays in the Gaza strip<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gT8xzBRC7r6rsdmVHffrQuJPiyeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More from AFP<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hani Khan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illumemag.com\/zine\/articleDetail.php?The-Cost-And-Courage-Of-Wearing-A-Scarf-Hani-Khan%E2%80%99s-Story-13175\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the woman who was fired from a Hollister for her hejab, tells her story. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) stepped up the  agency\u2019s response to the needs of its constituents with the launching  of a legal program to visit and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb.com.ph\/articles\/268929\/legal-aid-1000-jailed-muslim-women-launched\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> provide assistance to some 1,000 Muslim  women inmates languishing in Metro Manila jails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>District Chronicles <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.www.districtchronicles.com\/media\/storage\/paper263\/news\/2010\/07\/25\/DivineIntervention\/Muslim.Women.Tell.Men.To.Lower.Their.Gaze-3923857.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">discusses the double standard of \u201cgazing.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi cleric tells women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/politics\/muslim-cleric-says-women-should-not-defy-ban-on-veils-2035005.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">not to defy the burqa ban<\/a>. How the burqa ban can help<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100724\/WEEKENDER\/707239878\/1042\/FOREIGN\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> ease pressures to keep up with appearances<\/a>. One <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/anushay-hossain\/the-ban-hiding-our-deepes_b_659205.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">last burqa ban link <\/a>(enshallah)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The USA Today <\/em>reports that a respected Saudi cleric issued a fatwa<a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/ondeadline\/post\/2010\/07\/saudi-cleric-oks-muslim-women-uncovering-face-in-countries-that-ban-veils\/1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> allowing women who live in countries that ban the full Islamic face veil<\/a> to wear the head veil instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A man who ripped off a Muslim woman\u2019s veil and threw it on the ground has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/2010\/07\/27\/racist-thug-jailed-after-ripping-off-muslim-woman-s-hijab-as-she-catches-train-86908-22443423\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sentenced to jail for two years<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With temperatures soaring in the Kingdom, a <a href=\"http:\/\/arabnews.com\/saudiarabia\/article90830.ece\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">number of Saudi women have called for special women-only swimming pools<\/a> for them to cool off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasianet.org\/node\/61603\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On hijab in Eurasia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/sikand240710.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim women\u2019s quiet resistance<\/a> to Islamic fundamentalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shaista Gohir <a href=\"http:\/\/menmedia.co.uk\/manchestereveningnews\/news\/s\/1302440_pioneering_website_launched_for_muslim_women\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">launches a new website for Muslim women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Samina Pure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/2010\/07\/22\/samina-pure-makeup-halal-cosmetics-muslim-women-uk\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">launches halal cosmetics in the U.K<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also\u2026happy birthday to me. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>If we\u2019ve missed any Muslim women in the news, feel free to post links in the comments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Pakistan, a court has freed a mentally ill woman who has been held without trial for 14 years on allegations of desecrating the Qur\u2019an. 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