A Muslim woman in Stockholm has filed a report and suit against an adult education college in Spanga, after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf and face-covering in class. The woman, who covers not only her hair but wears a niqab which covers the entire face but the eyes, has reported…
The Manchester-based Equality and Human Rights Commission today started the first Muslim Women Power List, which aims to celebrate Muslim women who have already reached the top of their chosen field or are on the way there. The commission is now accepting nominations for the list, which will be revealed at The Lowry Hotel in…
The decision by a Toronto judge to compel a Muslim woman to testify in court without wearing her niqab has raised the question of how freedom of religion fits into the legal system and other Canadian Charter rights. The ruling, stemming from the preliminary hearing into a sexual assault trial, could be the first time…
Kathy Chin, while a senior at UCLA majoring in Psychobiology and Women’s Studies, originally published an article on the hijab in Al-Talib, the newsmagazine for the Muslim Students’ Association at UCLA. In the article, she notes her experiences in adopting the hijab and the responses concerning importance society places on female hair. Originally cutting her…
A gym in Rotterdam received a lawsuit from a Muslim woman, because she was told that she could not train at the facility while wearing a headscarf. The 27-year old woman does not intend to back down: “There are already various decisions by the CGB on this topic. This nationally operating gym has a general…
