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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: headscarves

headscarves stories: 8 news summaries

 Thousands in Egypt Mourn 
 'Headscarf Martyr' 

Woman stabbed in German courtroom during hearing on religious insult

Jul 6, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands gathered in Alexandria today for the funeral of Marwa Sherbini, a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German courtroom last week by a man convicted of insulting her religion, the AP reports. Sherbini, 32, was stabbed 18 times by a man identified only as Axel W, 28. They were... More »

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Germany • murder • Egypt • martyr • headscarves • hijabs • Islamophobia • murder charges • Marwa Sherbini • Axel W • Elwi Okaz

Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

Pair not allowed to sit behind candidate over headscarves; campaign apologizes

Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama during a rally Monday, with campaign volunteers concerned about headscarves appearing on TV and in pictures, Politico reports. One woman was told the "political climate" made her presence problematic; another was told headwear of any kind was off-limits in... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • American Muslims • headscarves • Muslim women • campaign rally • hijabs

 Rachael Ray's
 'Terror Scarf'
 Ad Yanked 

Rachael Ray sporting jihadist neckwear, righty bloggers say

May 28, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad featuring TV chef Rachael Ray after conservative commentators got tied in knots over her scarf, the Boston Globe reports. The black-and-white scarf around her neck looked a little too much like a keffiyeh—the traditional headwear of Arab men—for some observers, who howled... More »

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Dunkin' Donuts • Palestinians • headscarves • advertisements • Rachael Ray

In Israel, Some Jewish Women Take Up the Veil

Say God favors Muslims' modest
dress; rabbis disagree

Mar 8, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - As she walks through Jerusalem, the veiled figure draws stares and curses. “They shout things at me because they think I am Arab,” she says. In reality, the woman is part of a small movement of Israeli women who are taking up the sal, a veil resembling the... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Islamic veil • headscarves • burka

Winehouse
to Launch Clothing, Makeup Line

Wouldn't you love
to look this good?

Feb 26, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is about to release a line of clothing and makeup for the many, many people who want to look like her, the Sun reports. Prepare for Winehouse-brand leopard-print headscarves, hairspray, and, of course, liquid eyeliner. “I think this stuff would sell very well,” said a... More »

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fashion • Amy Winehouse • clothing • headscarves • cosmetics • eyeliner • beehive hairdo • makeup

Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

Emotional issue symbolic of class struggle

Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey’s parliament today lifted the decade-old ban on wearing Muslim head scarves in college, the New York Times reports, a major salvo in the growing battle between Turkey’s growing devout middle class and entrenched secular elite. Proponents of the ban, who fear women will soon be forced to... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • headscarves • Muslim women

Turkey May Lift Headscarf Ban

Constitutional reform would permit Muslim garb in universities

Sep 21, 07 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A debate is raging in secular Turkey over the ban on headscarves that has resulted in Muslim women who don them being barred from universities since 1980. Now, PM Erdogan is considering drafting a new constitution with a less stringent dress code that has made many Turkish women hopeful—and... More »

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Turkey • democracy • higher education • Islamic dress code • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • headscarves • Muslim women

Juror Arrested for Listening to MP3 Player Under Headscarf

Muslim woman unplugs during trial

Jul 10, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A young Muslim juror may face jail time for contempt of court after allegedly listening to her MP3 player beneath her hijab during a murder trial in Britain. The judge thought he heard "tinny music" in the courtroom, but chalked it up to his own imagination, reports the Times.... More »

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iPod • Islamic veil • trial • judge • headscarves • juror

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