76 pct of Islamophobic attacks target women in Belgium
Around 76 percent of Islamophobic attacks in Belgium in 2017 targeted Muslim women, an anti-Islamophobia association in the country revealed on Saturday. The Belgian Association…
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Arab women can shape own futures now
The scene is changing in the Arab world for women who are moving beyond traditional societal trends, studying hard and taking on more senior roles…
Major UK department store becomes first to sell hijabs
A major British department is set to become the first to stock hijabs on its shelves as a part of a new rage of modest…
UAE: Woman arrested for giving birth to ‘illegitimate’ baby
A woman has been arrested in Sharjah, a city in the United Arab Emirates, for giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The 30-year-old maid,…
Thoughts of Muslim woman about Trump’s misogyny
When Khizr Khan, a Pakistani Muslim immigrant to the US and the father of a soldier killed in Iraq, critiqued Donald Trump’s proposed Muslim ban…
Denmark: Parliament votes to ban burqas, niqabs in some public places
The Dutch Parliament’s lower house voted on Tuesday to ban the wearing of face-covering clothes – such as burqas and niqabs – in some public…
The first Muslim women granted the right to vote
Activities of Azerbaijani intelligentsia in the early twentieth century, women’s right to vote before and after the proclamation of the ADR. The problem of women’s…
Sexy Burka on Amazon – photos
E-commerce giant Amazon has sparked a controversy by selling traditional Muslim robes as skimpy party dress with a description “sexy Saudi burka Islamic costume”. The…
Hijab kept woman away from her biology exam
A Hijab-clad Muslim student in Canada has been prevented from taking an exam after she refused to show her ears to a male teacher who…
Egyptian women file complaint against proposal for mandatory invasive virginity tests
Egypt’s National Council for Women will file a complaint against the member of parliament who proposed that female students undergo mandatory virginity tests before being admitted…