AJC Urges Citadel to Reconsider Cadet’s Hijab Request
NEW YORK, May 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC is calling on Lt. Gen. John Rosa, USAF (ret), president of The Citadel, to consider reversing the decision to bar a newly admitted Muslim student from wearing her hijab head covering. “Commitment to religious diversity is an important element in educating our country’s youth for future leadership,” […]
FRANCE – ‘Hijab Day’ at prestigious French university stirs controversy
A group of university students have rekindled the heated debate over the acceptance of the Muslim veil in French society as they invited fellow classmates at the prestigious Sciences Po university to try on the garment. Around a dozen young women wearing colourful Muslim veils paced about nervously in the main hall of Sciences Po […]
Are Muslim Women Oppressed? You Decide.
Are Muslim women oppressed? Please take a look at this short video, which addresses some of the main issues that are concerning to those who make the argument that “Muslim women are oppressed…”
Islamic Republic Of The Gambia Orders Female Government Workers To Wear Headscarves
The Gambian government has banned its female employees from showing their hair at work and ordered them to wear headscarves, commonly referred to as “hijab” in Islam. The new rule was announced Monday in a memo circulated to all ministries and departments and later obtained by private newspapers and news agencies, one month after President […]
Why I stopped wearing the hijab
As an Arab and Muslim woman who wore the hijab for 16 years, I am accustomed to experiencing hostility toward my religious and ethnic identity. In particular, the covering of my hair seemed to draw out the worst in strangers, from the waitress at the restaurant taking my order and demanding to know if I […]
Peter Westbrook Foundation Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies for Olympics, Will Become First US Athlete to Compete in a Hijab
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Peter Westbrook Foundation (PWF) athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by becoming the first U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics in a hijab, the traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women. Muhammad first made history as the first Muslim woman in a […]
Professor Who Said Christians And Muslims Worship Same God Is Under Fire – And The Reason Why Might Surprise You
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A professor at an evangelical university near Chicago who got in trouble after saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God will leave the school, according to a joint statement released by Wheaton College on Saturday night. Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor, had been scheduled for a disciplinary hearing in […]
Dolce & Gabbana Unveils Hijab Collection
Looks like in 2016, couture has melded modesty, religious sensibility and sartorialism seriously. On Tuesday, Italian haute couture house Dolce & Gabbana unveiled its first-ever hijab and abaya collection for Muslim women, via Style.com/Arabia. The stunning collection, while modest, features headwear of satin and sheer fabric alike in timeless neutral tones. Others are finished with […]
Wheaton College seeks to fire professor for view on Islam
CHICAGO — Wheaton College in suburban Chicago has begun the process of firing a professor who said Muslims and Christians worship the same God, the teacher confirmed Tuesday. Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor who in December demonstrated solidarity with her Muslim neighbors by wearing a hijab, said last year that the college appeared […]
EDITORIAL: Of women, hair and shoes
Women, God love ’em, have always been obsessed by what they wear at head and foot: hair and shoes. They’re very particular, which pleases men, inappropriate as that might be. Compliments offend some women today, but they’re still universally particular about their hair and their shoes. There’s never enough time to deal with either one. […]