Tag: sexual assault
Influential U.S. Imam faces criticism for his comments on the allegations...
The Muslim-American co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, Imam Zaid Shakir, has faced backlash for his now-deleted post on Facebook which suggested Sharia law should be applied in judging whether Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are credible.
#MosqueMeToo gives Muslim women space to discuss sexual assault in Muslim...
The columnist and gender activist, Mona Eltahawy, started the #MosqueMeToo movement to encourage women to share their experiences of sexual harassment and assault on the hajj and in other Islamic spaces. The movement opens the #MeToo movement up to Muslim women.
Muslim woman harassed by men in Paris
July 17, 2014
Just before midnight on July 3 a veiled Muslim woman was returning to her home in Paris’s banlieue. As she approached her...
Muslim street cleric claims to protect Canadian women from sexual assault
News Agencies – July 16, 2012
Canadian laws should be changed to require women to "cover themselves" to prevent sexual assaults, says an Islamic street...
