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  • July 2008

    • 'Radical' Muslim Woman Can't be French Citizen

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 12, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      'Radical' Muslim Woman Can't be French Citizen

      France has rejected a Muslim woman’s application for citizenship because her “radical practice of her religion” doesn’t fit French values, especially in terms of gender equality, the Guardian reports. Faiza M., who wears a burqa, speaks French and lives in Paris with a French national husband and three children born in the country, but was denied citizenship by France’s top administrators after officials called her “insufficiently assimilated.” More »

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      France  • Islam  • Muslim women  • gender roles  • burka

  • June 2008

    • Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      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 the assiduously assembled backdrop. More »

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

    • More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 11, 08 4:05 AM CDT

      More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

      An increasing number of Muslim women in Europe, caught between the sexual freedom of the West and the traditions of their families, are undergoing hymenoplasty  to "restore" their virginity after lapses, the New York Times reports. The surgery to repair the hymen, if done properly, won't be detected when brides seek certificates of virginity, and will produce bleeding on the wedding night.  More »

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      France  • marriage  • wedding  • Muslim  • Muslim women  • annulment  • virginity

  • May 2008

    • Mozart Helps Snap Saudi Taboos

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 3, 08 9:56 PM CDT

      Mozart Helps Snap Saudi Taboos

      Mozart hasn't challenged cultural taboos for more than 200 years, but last night he caused quite a stir in Saudi Arabia. A German-based quartet gave the nation its first public classical concert where men were allowed to hear Mozart and sit next to, gasp, women. "The concert is a sign that things are changing rapidly here," a German ambassador told the AP. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • concert  • classical music  • Muslim women  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • March 2008

    • In Saudi Arabia, a Hotel for Women

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Mar 21, 08 5:21 PM CDT

      In Saudi Arabia, a Hotel for Women

      Saudi Arabia’s first hotel catering exclusively to women—right down to its plush spa—opened this week in Riyadh, the Independent reports. The conservative kingdom enforces strict Islamic segregation of sexes in public, but women can stay at the Luthan Hotel without a male guardian—nor any men on the premises at all—and without needing to stick to tough dress standards. More »

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      Middle East  • Saudi Arabia  • hotel  • Muslim women  • Islamic Sharia law  • spa  • Wahhabism  • Riyadh  • spas

    • Tehran's Top Cop Nabbed in Brothel

      newser  |  Ynetnews.com  |  Mar 12, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Tehran's Top Cop Nabbed in Brothel

      The man in charge of "moralizing" Iran's capital city is out of a job after being arrested during a raid on a Tehran brothel, Ynetnews reports. Police chief Reza Zarei, who had led crackdowns on women who disobeyed strict Islamic dress codes, was caught naked with six prostitutes in the recent raid and, according to unofficial sites, resigned his post. More »

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      Iran  • Tehran  • Muslim women  • brothel  • Islamic Sharia law  • irony

    • Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST

      Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

      Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working out, reports the AP. But some students complain that the new policy is sexist or unfair. More »

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      Islam  • athlete  • exercise  • Harvard  • sexism  • Muslim  • Muslim women  • gym  • Muslim Americans

  • February 2008

    • Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

      newser  |  CNN  |  Feb 12, 08 4:05 PM CST

      Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

      In preparation for Valentine's Day, Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned all things red. The morality cops are out in force in search of the color of love, reports CNN, with plans to confiscate everything from flowers to stuffed toys. The ban is part of a yearly effort, complete with raids on retailers on the night of Feb. 13, to quell romance's big day. More »

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      Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • Muslim women  • Valentine's Day  • Wahhabism  • red

    • Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      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 wear the scarves, will likely appeal to their secular allies on the Constitutional Court. More »

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

  • January 2008

    • Afghan Student Faces Death for Blasphemy

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Jan 31, 08 8:43 AM CST

      Afghan Student Faces Death for Blasphemy

      Protesters in Afghanistan and abroad have taken up the cause of a journalism student sentenced to death for blasphemy after he downloaded and distributed a document on women and the Koran. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, 23, was convicted in an Islamic court, and the country's Senate has upheld the ruling. He appears on the cover of today's Independent alongside calls for his release. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • journalism  • Hamid Karzai  • Muslim women  • Koran  • blasphemy  • Sayed Pervez Kambaksh

    • Afghan Women Protest Yank Kidnapping

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 29, 08 5:44 AM CST

      Afghan Women Protest Yank Kidnapping

      Some 500 Afghan women, many wearing burqas, assembled in an extremely rare mass protest in Kandahar to protest the kidnapping of American aid worker Cyd Mizell. "Her kidnapping is against our culture and tradition," said the director of the women's organization in Kandahar. Some of the women had obtained permission from their husbands to attend the rally. More »

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      Afghanistan  • kidnapping  • Kandahar  • Muslim women  • Cyd Mizell

    • Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jan 25, 08 4:54 PM CST

      Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

      Turkey is expected to do away with a 2-decade-old ban on women wearing head scarves at the nation’s universities as early as next week. The prospect alarms the country’s secular elite, who see the country on a slippery slope to Islamist rule, Der Spiegel reports. “The logic is one of fear,” explains the director of a Turkish think tank. More »

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      Turkey  • Islam  • Muslim women  • Sharia law  • Islamic dress code  • AK Party

  • December 2007

    • Dad Charged in Muslim Teen's Death

      newser  |  London Free Press (Canada)  |  Dec 12, 07 10:40 AM CST

      Dad Charged in Muslim Teen's Death

      A devout Muslim father will appear in a Canadian court today, charged with murdering his 16-year-old daughter—allegedly over her refusal to wear a traditional headscarf, reports the London Free Press. Muhammad Parvez, a Pakistani taxi driver, called police Monday morning, saying he had killed his daughter Aqsa. The death has sparked debate about religious extremism in Canada. More »

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      Canada  • Muslims  • Muslim women

  • September 2007

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