Muslim women
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‘Burka ban’ has led to upsurge in attacks on Muslim women – report
The ‘burka ban’ has led to a wave of physical and verbal abuse against Muslims, according to an organisation petitioning for its abolition.
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Muslim women: How coronavirus face-mask ruling has changed attitudes towards the veil
East Lancashire Muslim women who wear the veil have revealed attitudes towards them have changed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ayşe Hümeyra Ökten: Pioneer of modern Muslim women
Islam has not been the main social institution for Turkish society for centuries, but it has been one of the major ways of self-expression for individuals. Islam’s resistance against secularism has depended on both aspects.
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Muslim woman claims she was forced to remove hijab in jail, sues Genesee County, deputies
A lawsuit filed against Genesee County and two deputies alleges a Muslim woman was forced to remove her hijab in the jail.
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Western leaders' problematic attitude toward Muslim attire
This is the same Boris Johnson who compared Muslim women wearing a face veil to “letterboxes” and “bank robbers.”
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Belgian protest for headscarf rights at university
The #HijabisFightBack event was organized by three local NGOs representing Muslim women and fighting for social inclusion.
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Man found guilty of killing 2 people who tried to stop his anti-Muslim tirade
Jurors found Jeremy Christian, 37, guilty of the deaths of Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best. He also was convicted of attempted murder for stabbing survivor Micah Fletcher and assault and menacing for shouting slurs and throwing a bottle at a black woman on another light rail train
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'I've spent decades supporting Australia's vulnerable Muslim women I won't stop now'
This story is part of a special series featuring older Australians looking back on their lives.
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Pakistani woman becomes ‘youngest ever Muslim’ lawmaker in UK parliament
The British Parliament now welcomes more female Muslim MPs than male Muslim representatives for the first time in its history.
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Muslim millennial's site dispels stereotypes for millions
"Being bombarded with those headlines growing up and never feeling represented by them, I did what any millennial would do, which was to turn to social media," Al-Khatahtbeh said. "I decided to put my own place out there and create that space for us to talk back."
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Muslim women forced to have abortions in Chinese detention
The horrors suffered by Muslims in China’s detention camps continue to unfold as fresh reports reveal that ethnic Kazakh women were forced to have abortions while under arrest.
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Muslim women spread Christmas cheer in Gaza
Their Santa Claus dolls, toy Christmas trees and red-and-white puppets come into high demand over the holiday season in Gaza and Italy.
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Muslim SNP councillor worries Boris Johnson government will make racism worse
Ashraf, an SNP councillor for Cumbernauld South, believes its vital viewing and tackles topics which have become more urgent since the Thursday night reelection of Boris Johnson.
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The forgotten violence against Muslim women in the West
Muslim women, due to their headscarf and the perception that they are less likely to speak out, have been targeted mainly by men over what they wear.
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French Laicite and the battle against Muslim women
The latest in a string of bans targeting, very specifically, Muslim women, the French senate voted to forbid veiled mothers from accompanying public school trips - a central pillar of the public school system (trips happen monthly).
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Attacked pregnant Muslim woman calls for solidarity against racism, intolerance
Rana Elasmar, who is 38-weeks pregnant was with friends at a Parramatta eatery on Wednesday night when a man approached their table and spoke to them.
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Sri Lanka elections: Muslim women asked to remove veil
Saman Sri Rathnayake, commissioner general of the Sri Lanka Elections Secretariat, told that it was mandatory for veiled women to show their face when they go to cast their vote.
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Muslim community calls for 'racist' policeman to be sacked
An independent commission found the senior constable and his colleague engaged in serious misconduct after pulling over the driver and her stepmother during a traffic stop.
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Muslim women human rights defenders leading global social change
Intensely personal and truly intersectional, the panelists from Malaysia, France and Sudan brought to life the specific forms of harassments faced by Muslim women human rights defenders together with actionable strategies.
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New York City ferry is sued for discrimination after staff member stops three Muslim women wearing hijabs
Two American women of Pakistani descent and another woman, all of whom are hijab-wearing Muslims with ‘pronounced accents,’ took their eight children for an outing before one of the families left on an extended trip to Pakistan.
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Police encourage Muslim women to report hate crime
Avon and Somerset Police said three-quarters of recorded hate crimes towards women in the past two years in Bristol were anti-Muslim.
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UK minority groups become unite together against Johnson’s racist outbursts
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi was cheered by fellow MPs this week as he challenged Boris Johnson over his 2018 Daily Telegraph column .
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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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‘Increasing number of Muslim women forced to remove headscarves’ at UK border control
The analysis of the use of Schedule 7 powers and its impact on the Muslim community was released by CAGE this week.