Three Muslim women who previously worked in Delaware juvenile detention services filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against state officials last week saying they were barred from wearing Hijab at work.
Read More »Hundreds in Belgium protest against college headscarf ban ruling
famous Free University of Brussels (VUB) or Catholic University of Leuven – made clear in July that they welcome students “regardless of gender, origin or social status, with or without a headscarf
Read More »Muslim woman arrested at Black Lives Matter protest forced to remove Hijab for mugshot
Miami police remove the hijab of a Muslim woman detained during the protests
Read More »“Islam Gives a Great and Important Position to Women in Their Personal And Social Life” / Interview With Habibah Ifan García From Shia Community of Mexico
– “Now I make Hijab part of my personality, to carry it with decorum and that agrees with my ethics, my values, my way of being social and that it is seen that the veil does not prevent you from intellect and your abilities instead it gives you respect. It …
Read More »“Hijab Is Identity And Acts as Flag of Islam”/ Interview With Sofía Castro, Argentinian Muslim Woman
– Since 2013, each year on February 1st the World Day of Hijab is celebrated in 140 countries worldwide. In Western World, Argentinian Muslim women are pioneers in wearing Hijab so that by the efforts made by Mrs. Masuma Assad de Paz, the President of the Union of Argentine Muslim …
Read More »Our Hijab Unites Us’: Milwaukee’s Salam School Basketball Team
Score one for the girls! A Milwaukee basketball team is being recognized nationally for their style and skill on the court. Salam School is an Islamic school in Milwaukee, and the school’s basketball program is one of the few Muslim programs in the country. According to Rahyafte On Saturday, Jan. 25, …
Read More »Muslim fast food worker in US sent home for wearing Hijab
– A Muslim fast food worker shared a clip on Twitter Monday which shows her boss sending her home, for coming to work at Chicken Express in Fort Worth, Dallas wearing a Hijab. Folake Adebola shared a short video which shows a confrontation with her boss, where she pleads, “It’s …
Read More »Woman Forced to Remove Hijab in Minnesota Gets $120,000 in Settlement
A Minnesota Muslim woman has received $120,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was forced to strip in jail and remove her hijab for a booking photo over a traffic offense, the woman and her attorneys said Tuesday. Aida Shyef Al-Kadi appeared with her attorneys at the Minneapolis headquarters of …
Read More »Disposable sterile hijabs for Muslim doctors in UK
A hospital trust is the first in the UK to give female Muslim doctors and medical staff disposal HIJABS to wear to avoid germs being passed to patients. After gruelling hours on the wards, where she had been wearing a traditional hijab, she became concerned with the risk of infection …
Read More »Racist attacks on Muslim mother for coming to Christmas festival wearing Hijab
– At the Yule-fest. We have been infiltrated.’ Alkam says she was ‘devastated’ when a friend saw the post and forwarded it to her – but has also been inundated with support by other locals appalled by how she has been treated. A racist Facebook user trolled a Muslim woman …
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