By JOY SEWING As the first Muslim to be crowned Miss USA, Rima Fakih isn’t bothered by criticism that wearing bikinis and revealing clothing goes against the teachings of her religion. During a brief stop in Houston this week, the newly crowned Miss USA said she hopes her new profile will help expand the notion…
A Muslim women’s organization in the Netherlands has launched a campaign using humorous posters to combat prejudices about Muslim women. Al Nisa, the organization spearheading the “Really Dutch” campaign, has designed four posters depicting, for instance, a woman in a Delft Blue headscarf about to swallow a herring. As Al Nisa chair Leyla Cakir explains,…
By RAY HANANIA This debate in the Muslim world, prompted by Lebanese-American Rima Fakih’s win of the Miss USA title, is hotter than the two-state vs. one-state debka. Rima Fakih, the new Miss USA, symbolizes everything that’s wrong with the Middle East. But not in the way you might think. The problems her victory raises…
Bouabdallah Ghlamallah, Algerian minister of Religious Affairs, announced that fifty-two Algerian imams will be sent to France this year for an orientation mission centered on education and culture. The aim of the project is to promote Algeria’s ideas and vision vis-à-vis religion while ensuring tolerance and fighting against extremism.
The man, a Muslim Moroccan with a regular job in Italy, has been sentenced for maltreatment, kidnapping and violence after he struck and locked up his wife in the house during the period 2004-05. Their marriage was an arranged one; at the time the woman was 16 while the man was 30. This raises doubts…
