Hijab
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Council of Europe removes hijab diversity campaign tweets amid backlash
Social media posts featured split images of young women, with one side of their face wearing an Islamic headscarf, and the other not. Messages alongside the videos and images read, "beauty is in diversity as freedom is in hijab."
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Muslim girl is changing the game and the conversation around Muslim women in sports
Fitriya Mohamed came to Toronto from Ethiopia at age 10, attended school for the first time and fell in love with basketball. Now she wants to create space for other Muslim women to fulfill their own hoop dreams.
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Muslim artist subjected to vile racist abuse in Northwich Asda
A Muslim woman has spoken out after she was the victim of vile racist abuse while she was shopping with her little sister at Asda.
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Muslim woman not allowed in Haltom City courtroom because of hijab
A Muslim women who wanted to pay ticket, has been denied to enter court room because of wearing hijab.
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Hijab introduced to New Zealand police uniform, first officer to wear it ‘proud’
When the Christchurch terror attack happened Zeena Ali was inspired to join the police .
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UK van driver reverses into Muslim woman in a Hijab after 'giving her a dirty look' in hit, run
A white van driver reversed into a Muslim woman wearing a hijab after "giving her a dirty look" in a hit-and-run caught on CCTV that witnesses said was a "deliberate racist" attack.
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Ruqayyah bint al Hussein (S.A)
Hazrat Ruqayyah (S.A) was a vivacious child, full of love and happiness. Everyone loved Ruqayyah (S.A).
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Muslim teen disqualified from volleyball match because of her hijab
A high school athlete was disqualified from playing at her school’s volleyball game after a referee cited that her hijab violated the rules.
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Canadian judge apologizes for hijab ruling
A Muslim woman whose hijab was compared to wearing a hat and sunglasses in court, finally received an apology Tuesday from a Quebec judge.
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Young Muslim Journalist alleges she was denied job because of hijab
Ghazala Ahmad, a postgraduate student from Aligarh Muslim University has alleged that she was denied a job as an anchor because of her hijab.
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Germany: Labor court upholds Muslim teacher’s right to wear hijab
A Muslim teacher who was not allowed to teach in Berlin state schools because she wore a headscarf was “discriminated against because of her religion,” the Federal Labor Court [Bundesarbeitsgericht] ruled.
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Muslim woman arrested at black lives matter protest, her hijab forcibly removed
Alaa Massri was arrested at a protest June 10, according to the Miami Police Department, and charged with battery, resisting an officer with violence and disorderly conduct. After her arrest, Massri was taken to the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where she says she was asked to remove her hijab for a booking photograph, her lawyer Khurrum Wahid told CNN.
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Ramadan customs in different countries (10):
Ramadan in Maldives, with coconut and fish
Muslims in the Maldives prepare for the holy month of Ramadan very early, starting from the month of Sha’baan (the month that precedes Ramadan).
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Islamophobia 'everyday issue' for more than a third of Scottish Muslims
Holyrood's cross-party group on Islamophobia found more than 80% of Muslims had been subjected to abuse because of their faith at some stage.
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Mum makes Hijabs for daughter so more Muslim girls take up sports
The PR manager felt the current headscarves available were not safe, as they can require safety pins to hold them in place, and as most girls wear the same hijab during lessons as they do in P.E classes, they became sweaty and unhygienic. So she came up with Hijab Active
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Muslim fast food worker says boss sent her home for turning up to work in hijab
She can be heard remonstrating with her boss, saying: ‘It’s a part of my religion. ‘I felt like if i work here y’all could be able to (accommodate) my religion.’ But Adebola’s unnamed boss answers by telling her the headscarf is ‘a different thing…that’s a part of your personal life out there.’
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Sheffield Muslim schoolgirl 'throttled with her own hijab' on bus
Redana Al-Hadi said she was travelling home with her sister and a group of friends from Silverdale School when she was throttled with her own hijab.
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Racist attacks Muslim mother for coming to Christmas festival in a hijab
At the Yulefest. 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.
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Muslim community condemns racially aggravated attack on Sheffield schoolgirl
The teenager was on a single decker bus bound for Ecclesfield when the attack, which was filmed on mobile phones and shared online, took place shortly after 4.30pm.
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US athlete Muslim student disqualified from race for wearing hijab
Noor Abukaram, 16, said she was told her attire was against uniform regulations after crossing the finish line, adding that the experience made her feel “humiliated”, World News reported.
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Muslim woman told to ‘go home’ by UK Oxford academic
Aisha Ali Khan says she was subjected to ‘racist comments’, while attending a dinner organised by a friend.
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US company mocked Muslim job seeker's religion during interview, lawsuit says
An American Muslim woman says a potential employer in Virginia made fun of her religion and denied her a job because she asked for two five-minute prayer breaks during the work day.
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UK councillor tells racist to 'sit down and shut up' after two Muslims are racially abused
Cllr Oliver Cooper, who represents Hampstead Town was travelling from Belsize Park to Camden Town, when he became aware of a man in his 40s hurling abuse at two women wearing hijabs.
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Şule Yüksel Şenler: Icon for Muslim women passes away
Şenler was a new voice for Muslim women in overtly "secular" Turkey where Muslim women were shunned in social life and faced a dire choice of either downplaying their religious views or risk criticism and worse by wearing a headscarf.
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Hijab-wearing lowers women’s chances of getting a job in Germany
The neutrality law in eight German states indicates a structural bias against hijab-wearing women. Under the law, the hijab is banned in schools and some public institutions,
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This Muslim teen started her own gym classes for women who wear hijabs
The 19-year-old wanted to remove her hijab so she could work out, but she chooses to wear the headscarf in front of men who aren’t her relatives .
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Air Canada forced 12-year-old Muslim girl to take off her hijab
Fatima Abdelrahman was travelling from California to Toronto on Aug. 1 with fellow players and her coach on the U.S. Squash team .