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Abdulazzez Zulfah is a 17-year-old Nigerian female Muslim who stands out on the pitch because she plays football wearing Hijab. When she is not training on the pitch, she sells candies and sweets at the Ojota Bridge in Lagos as a means of helping out her parents. Zulfah believes her …

A Muslim law student at the University of Washington is set to become one of the first – if not the first – students to go to graduation party while wearing Hijab. “There aren’t many Muslim people. Period,” Malak Shalabi, 23, told Seattle Times. And, “throughout the years, I (didn’t) see …

She’s the first reporter in Wisconsin to wear a Hijab on the air. WTMJ’s Melissa Barclay got the chance to sit down with TMJ4 reporter Ubah Ali about what her journey in journalism has been like as a practicing Muslim. “If I can be that one person that shows other Muslim women …

Sixteen year-old Mariem Chourak is a devout Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of her devotion to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), but a proposal by French senators might soon deny her the freedom to do so in public spaces. The amendment to an ‘anti-separatism’ bill designed to strengthen …

Uroosa Arshid says she gets some confused looks from members of the public as ‘a lot of people do still stereotype firefighters’ but she wants to see the fire service become ‘so diverse that a stereotype isn’t possible’. Britain’s first Hijab-wearing firefighter has called on other Muslim women to follow …

It is unfortunate that Islamic teachings are not given their righteous appreciation. Physical Education Dress Code Dilemma For Muslim Girls   Part Time Hijjabi Rules Regarding Nail Polish To make matters worse, there are many concepts and ideas that Islam brought and fought for considered in the eyes of many as …

With governments in France voting to ban the wearing of the Hijab in public for anyone under the age of 18, it’s time to rethink how we police women’s bodies and question why the feminist movement has left Muslim women behind. It began in 1989 when 3 teenagers in a French school were …

A young Muslim girl was punched, kicked and had her religious head covering pulled in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime in Calgary’s Prince’s Island Park. The incident happened Sunday at around 1:30 p.m. as two girls, both under the age of 16, were walking along the …

“To me, Hijab and chastity is far beyond the veil/clothing and physical guard of a Muslim. It is a spiritual guard as well as an obligation and a duty upon a believing person; a true indicator of submission and God consciousness,” Katherine Reyes said in an interview on the occasion …

Muslim Council of Britain says workplaces should be aware of cultural differences around handshakes, direct eye contact and social activities Employers and workers should be aware that handshakes, direct eye contact and socialising in the pub may be awkward for Muslim colleagues, says a report on Islamophobia produced by the …