Articles tagged with: Muslim Women
By Hadeel Al-Shalchi
MECCA, Saudi Arabia — One of the main rites at Islam’s annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. According to Muslim tradition, Hagar, the consort of the patriarch Abraham, …
By Sheeva J. Ghassemi
The National Law Journal
Due to the ever-increasing number of practicing Muslims in the United States, employers have been forced to confront Islam and the challenges it presents in the workplace. Muslim employees …
By Naomi Wolfe
A woman swathed in black to her ankles, wearing a headscarf or a full chador, walks down a European or North American street, surrounded by other women in halter tops, miniskirts and short …
By JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
Friday, May 15, 2009
In fact, a person in Canada, Australia, Britain and the United States could go an entire lifetime without seeing a Muslim woman whose face is covered with a veil. …
By Shahina Siddiqui
The news of the brutal murder of Sitara Achakzai, a female member of Kandahar’s Provincial Council, earlier this month comes on the heel of the excruciating video of a young girl in Swat, …
A World with Dignity, Liberty, and Justice
KARAMAH: MUSLIM WOMEN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 7TH ANNUAL LAW AND LEADERSHIP SUMMER PROGRAM
July 6, 2009-July 24, 2009
KARAMAH’s Law and …
By NATASHA MARAR
The Ontario government is helping break the silence on domestic abuse in London’s Muslim community through a new grant that will increase support for victims.
The Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support …
7th Annual Law and Leadership Summer Program
July 6, 2009 – July 24, 2009
Karamah’s Law and Leadership Summer Program is an intensive three week long course in which Muslim women from around the world convene in …
Noor Javed
In a fit of desperation last summer, Rownak Chowdhury washed her hair, stood in the middle of her kitchen floor and handed her mother a pair of scissors.
“Just chop it,” she told her.
It was …
(Berlin) – German state bans on religious symbols and clothing for teachers and other civil servants discriminate against Muslim women who wear the headscarf, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 67-page report, …
Muslim women deserve choice
The Toronto Star December 27, 2004 Monday
Copyright 2004 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Toronto Star
December 27, 2004 Monday
SECTION: LETTER; Pg. A39
LENGTH: 326 words
HEADLINE: Muslim women deserve choice
BODY:
Tribunals need scrutiny
Editorial, Dec. 22.
I can appreciate …
