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Miss Minnesota Contestant Wears Muslim Headpiece, Burkini
A -19-year-old Somali-American beauty queen became the first woman to wear a burkini and hijab during the Miss Minnesota pageant over the weekend. Halima Aden wore the burkini during the swimsuit portion of the event and the traditional Muslim headpiece during the entire competition. Aden, a student at St. Cloud State University, was born in […]
What the hijab means to me
Women from around the world share their thoughts and feelings about wearing – or not wearing – the hijab. ‘Hijab makes me feel free’ Ifat Gazia is from Kashmir and recently graduated from the University of London. After the Paris attacks of November 2015, I faced an assault-like situation on Oxford Street in London when […]
Indian PM Criticizes Controversial Muslim Divorce Law
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday waded into a controversy over a Muslim divorce law he said was destroying women’s lives, drawing criticism from rivals that he was fishing for minority votes in a major state election next year. Modi criticized the so-called “triple talaq”, that allows a Muslim man […]
Haji Ali Dargah: Mumbai mosque to lift ban on women
A famous mosque in India has agreed to scrap a ban on women entering its inner sanctum after a bitter legal battle about the restriction. The Haji Ali Dargah trust has barred women from the mausoleum off the coast of Mumbai since 2011, insisting the presence of women near the tomb of a revered saint […]
This Pakistani police officer is on the leading edge of a trend that could lead to a more peaceful world
The stench of diesel in the air. Asima Naqvi is a lone woman standing on the side of a noisy highway. She wears a stiff grey police uniform, and has a gun at her hip and rose perfume in her purse. She is ticketing drivers for traffic violations. The perfume reminds her of who she […]
Pakistan adopts new law to tackle ‘honour killings’
Pakistan’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation against “honour killings” – mandating life imprisonment for convicted murderers even if the victim’s relatives forgive them. The legislation was approved on Thursday in a joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament, three months after an outspoken social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was strangled by her […]
Burkini allows women to have freedom and fun, says Australian creator
Invented in 2004 by an Australian woman, the burkini has come under attack in Germany and France. Banning the full-body swimwear would rob many women of the freedom to have fun in public, says its creator. Sydney (dpa) – Siham Karra-Hassan was 15 years old when her older brother took her to learn how to […]
Who politicized the burkini?
In the past few weeks, multiple towns in France have issued bans on the full-body swimsuit known as the “burkini.” Designed for Muslim women, the burkini covers everything but the face, hands and feet. At least 15 towns and cities in France have banned the swimwear, according to AFP. Nice is the most recent to […]
Ashley Csanady: Back off the burkini, the state has no place in the wardrobes of a nation
There’s a rich irony in the fact that Cannes – a city that hosts a film festival where women who walk the red carpet must wear heels – is using the guise of feminism to tell women what to wear. Of course, protecting vulnerable women from male oppression is simply the smokescreen many southern French […]