A French woman was arrested by police in Paris this week after her neighbours reported her for using the traditional Islamic greeting with workers in their accommodation building. According to reports circulating on social media, the unnamed woman was taken into police custody after her neighbour filed a complaint when …
Read More »French lawyer criticises EU over poster featuring Muslim woman
A French lawyer has criticised the European Union over an advertisement for its Conference on the Future of Europe event featuring a Hijab-wearing Muslim woman. Thibault de Montbrial, an adviser to France’s centre-right presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse, said the use of such an image to illustrate the continent’s future left …
Read More »Muslim woman running for Rome’s City Council
IQNA: A 20-year-old Muslim law student is running as the youngest candidate for Rome’s City Council. Though Mariam Ali’s family originally comes from Egypt, she was born and bred in the capital and promises “to give voice to the young, the elderly and the needy in this majestic city which …
Read More »Zara Mohammed: For Scotish Muslims report on Islamophobia came as no surprise but the sheer scale of it still shocking
Being born and raised in Glasgow, it wasn’t until I put my headscarf on that I felt “the cold edge of people” in what I had always considered a warm and friendly city. For many Muslims, an inquiry finding Islamophobia in Scotland is no surprise but the sheer scale of …
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 »UK: A legal victory by a Muslim woman over ‘Schedule 7’
A legal win by a Muslim woman, ‘Asiyah,’ who pursued a judicial review against the UK Metropolitan police after she was coerced to remove her hijab at Heathrow airport, is the latest event to highlight the Islamophobic nature of Schedule 7 stops. Police have admitted that forcing Muslim women to …
Read More »Clororida Santibanez newly converted Muslim woman says she was attracted to beauty of Islamic Hijab
– In her contacts with Muslim women, she began exchanging views with them to learn more about Islam. “Something like a celestial voice invited me to Islam.” To find about truth, she visited libraries and research centers. After almost a year of research, she is now converting to Islam at …
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 »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 …
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