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For some, basketball is a hobby. But for the Muslim Women’s Summer Basketball League, it’s a passion and a mission to prove to the world that nothing can stand in the way of a talented baller. “Islam doesn’t whatsoever say a Muslim woman shouldn’t take part in sports,” said Fitryiya …

Activists, anti-Islamophobia organisations welcome the announcement regarding universities, and look forward to the lifting of bans in other institutions Religious symbols, including the hijab will be permitted in universities in the French-speaking Wallonia region of Belgium starting September 2021, local officials announced, in a victory for anti-Islamophobia and Muslim women’s …

Police in Edmonton says they are investigating two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women on the same day. The first took place around noon on Wednesday at the University of Alberta transit centre when a 19-year-old woman wearing a hijab was approached by an unknown man. Police say the suspect …

An American Muslim convert underlined the good feeling of wearing Hijab, describing it as “truly empowering”. “Wearing hijab is honestly the best feeling. Sure, some days you will feel hot or maybe frustrated, but those feelings pass quickly. It’s truly empowering to be in Hijab, Jaime Brown said in an …

Sahar Jaber has written a new child book titled “But Why Is The Hijab So Special?”.  This book aims to answer the many questions Muslim children have surrounding the hijab in the most comprehensive way possible. In this book, the protagonist, Leya, finds herself conflicted when trying to understand as …

Today, February 1, is called World Hijab Day, and this day is celebrated every year in different countries, and its purpose is to recognize the millions of Muslim women who have chosen the Hijab and adorned their lives with the Hijab. On this day, many conferences are held around the …

The Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani, a senior Islamic Scholar, wrote a letter to the President of the Austrian Constitutional Court thanking him for establishing the religious rights of Muslims and rejecting the ban on Hijab.

The first officer to don the religious headscarf is thirty-year-old Zeena Ali.

the police went out of their way to make sure the hijab I have on meets health and safety requirements as well as my own personal needs,” she explained