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Muslim women stories: 31 news summaries

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 Clinton Talk 
 Annoys 
 Pakistani 
 Women 

They wanted to discuss security; she channeled 'The View'

Oct 30, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was relaxed in her town hall-style address to professional Pakistani women today in Islamabad, discussing “habits of the heart,” like tolerance and compromise, and touting the female doctors sent on US aid missions to Pakistan. It was nice, she said with a chuckle, to not talk... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Pakistan • security • women • State Department • secretary of State • Kashmir • Muslim women • women's issues

Somali Women Whipped
for Wearing Bras

Underwear 'fraudulently advertises assets' to suitors

Oct 28, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muslim Shabaab religious enforcers in battered Somalia are finding time to whip Muslim women for wearing bras. They're being punished because the underwear accentuates breasts and in some cases gives a "fraudulent" impression to possible suitors, reports the Independent . "Al Shabaab now orders us to shake our breasts,... More »

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Somalia • Sudan • women • Muslim • Muslim women • lashing • religious police • conservative Islam • whips • bra

Ahmadinejad Names 3 Women to Cabinet

But female ministers are hardliners, unlikely to please reformers

Aug 17, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today he would nominate three women to join his cabinet, reports the Guardian, attempting to soften his image after the brutal crackdowns following his disputed re-election. The decision is significant in a country where just eight of 290 MPs are female. But the two women whose names... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • women • Muslim women • Iranian politics • Iranian election

French Pool Boots Woman
in 'Burkini'

Officials say head-to-toe swimwear violates hygiene rules

Aug 13, 09 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Muslim woman has been banned from a French public pool for wearing a head-to-toe "burkini" swimsuit, the BBC reports. The woman, who had purchased the suit in Dubai, called the ruling "segregation." Officials cited hygiene rules that prevent swimming clothed, and said it was not because... More »

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France • Islamic dress code • Muslim • Muslim women • swimming pool • swimsuit

(Newser) - A Malaysian woman will be flogged for drinking a beer in a nightclub, reports the AP. A judge ordered the part-time model, 32, to be struck six times with a rattan cane and fined $1,400. She pleaded guilty in a religious court to consuming alcohol, but now plans to... More »

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prison • religion • beer • Muslim • Malaysia • Muslim women • Shariah • flogging

 Saudi Women 
 Learn to Sell 
 Bras—But 
 Still Can't 

Women push for
the right to work in
underwear shops

Jun 24, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dozen Saudi women are pushing change in Saudi Arabia, one underwear at a time. The graduates of the first lingerie class in the kingdom—where women can't sell such products—learned essentials such as how to measure bra sizes during the 10-day class. An Australian woman taught the course,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • lingerie • job • underwear • women's issues

Burka Is 'Not Welcome' in France: Sarkozy

Prez says religious covering a sign of female 'subservience'

Jun 22, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy today spoke out strongly against Islamic coverings for women, like the burka, the BBC reports. In a rare speech to parliament, which is considering a ban, the French president said, “we cannot accept to have in our country women who are prisoners behind netting. … The burka... More »

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Islam • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French Parliament • Islamic Sharia law • niqab • ban • clothing • Muslim women • burka

 France Considers Burka Ban 


Jun 20, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - France’s parliament is making noises about banning head-to-toe Islamic women’s dress such as the burka and niqab, the Times of London reports. Opponents called the the dress “a moving prison” and a “tomb," and say it's cropping up more in big cities. If the... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French Parliament • Islamic dress code • niqab • Muslim women • burka • President Obama • French Muslims

OPINION

Obama the Messiah
Twists History

Hovering from on high, he finds fault with US: Krauthammer

Jun 12, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - "He's sort of God," a Newsweek writer said of Barack Obama on MSNBC recently, which for Charles Krauthammer is only a mild overstatement of how the president sees himself: "hovering above mere mortals, mere country, to gaze benignly upon the darkling plain beneath him." In his... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Muslims • women's rights • Cairo • Muslim women • President Obama

 This Woman 
 May Take Down 
 Ahmadinejad 

Wife of reformist candidate strikes a blow in Iran

Jun 11, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tomorrow Iran goes to the polls in a critical presidential election that could see Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tossed out of office. As Der Spiegel reports, Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former prime minister with a reputation for clean governance, is riding a wave of support—thanks in part to his wife, a... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • women • Muslim women • Iranian politics • spouse • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Zahra Rahnavard

CIA Official Accused of Raping Two
Muslim Women

Station chief in Algeria under investigation

Jan 28, 09 8:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A CIA station chief in Algeria is under investigation for allegedly raping two Muslim women after knocking them unconscious with date-rape drugs, ABC News reports. The agency sent him back to the US in October after the women came forward a month earlier about the separate attacks. The allegations surface... More »

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CIA • Algeria • rape • Muslim women • date rape drugs

Egyptian Man Gets Hard Labor for Groping

Landmark case eggs Cairo women to report rampant teasing

Dec 18, 08 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Women face rampant harassment on Cairo's streets—83% of Egyptians and 98% of foreigners say they've been groped, hassled, or assaulted—but the 3% who go to the cops are usually met with indifference. A landmark case in which a man got 3 years of hard labor for reaching out... More »

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crime • women • police • sexual harassment • Cairo • Muslim women • groping • patriarchy • eve teasing

 Girl Group Rocks Saudi Taboos 

The Accolade still underground but gaining popularity as youth push boundaries

Nov 24, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The Accolade sounds like a typical female rock band: Its members have teased hair and facial piercings, and their clothing shocks passers-by as they tell a New York Times reporter about their new song with lyrics about a failed relationship. But the Accolade’s home base is conservative Saudi Arabia,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Islamic Sharia law • Muslim women • taboo • rock music • religious police

French Muslims Find Freedom in Catholic Schools

Students get better education, and allowed to wear headscarf

Sep 30, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - France has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, but its strict separation of church and state means that Muslim girls are forbidden from wearing the headscarves in public schools. In response, many Muslims have turned to an unlikely solution: the nation's large network of Catholic schools. "There is respect for... More »

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Islam • Catholic Church • France • religion • Islamic veil • secularism • Catholicism • Muslim women • Marseille

 Oprah Stirs Saudi Women 

Star's message of empowerment hits home in male-controlled kingdom

Sep 19, 08 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Oprah Winfrey Show has become a Saudi sensation, giving hope to women isolated in their homes with the talk show queen to keep them company, reports the New York Times.  Women in the conservative kingdom are delighted to see Oprah tackle taboo subjects like sex and race. Many... More »

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Saudi Arabia • women • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Muslim women

Koran More Feminist Than Bible: Scholar

Muslim text 'more modern' than Christian regarding women

Sep 2, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Certain passages in the Koran give women more freedoms than the Bible, a Dutch philosopher tells Radio Free Netherlands. On the site bibleandkoran.net, Marlies ter Borg compares texts on economic independence, marriage, and divorce from both books to dispel what she calls misconceptions about the Islamic faith. "In... More »

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Islam • women's rights • religion • Netherlands • debate • Koran • Bible • Muslim women

Opinion

 Hey Saudis, Let the Women Play!

Time for the IOC to enforce it's no discrimination rule

Aug 14, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most beautiful sight in the Olympics' opening ceremony came when Egypt’s 26 female competitors strode into the stadium, writes Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian Muslim, in the Washington Post. Women also carried flags for Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, filling Eltahawy with pride. And then came Saudi... More »

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Islam • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • women • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Muslim women

'Radical' Muslim Woman Can't be French Citizen

Officials say religion doesn't jell with French values like sex equality

Jul 12, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Islam • France • gender roles • Muslim women • burka

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

More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

Demand for operation rises at private European clinics

Jun 11, 08 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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