‘Tayyibah Taylor on Muslim Women’ – The Daily Show, RTE ONE, 7 March 2011

Tayyibah Taylor, African-American convert to Islam, women’s rights activist and editor of Azizah Magazine, appeared on The Daily Show to talk about Muslim perspectives on women’s rights and the status of women in Islam in general. Tayyibah Taylor visited Ireland to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011.

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Regional government of Galicia overturns the punishment against a student for wearing the hijab

March, 10/2011 A female student who was expelled for wearing the headscarf in a primary school in Arteixo (Galicia) has been readmitted. The regional government of Galicia overturns that punishment because of a bureaucratic problem: it doesn’t exist any disciplinary action dossier open against the girl. However, the school could present again a disciplinary action…

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Two terrorist Suspects will be judged at the National Court

The Islamist terrorist suspects Wissam Ayachine and Abdelkader Lotfi will be judged at the National Court, for inciting to radical activism and providing information over the Internet. The two suspects raised funds from the North African community in Burgos, Madrid and Palencia and sent funds on ten occasions between 2003 and 2007 with amounts ranging…

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