Man who Ripped off a Muslim Women’s Veil Sentenced

The man who attacked a Muslim woman in a busy shopping center, because he thought she was “just another illegal immigrant” has now been sentenced. Ian Brazier, was given a six-week sentence that is suspended for 18 months, and ordered to complete a diversity awareness course by magistrates in the town.

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Thug who attacked Muslim women is due to be sentenced

A Muslim woman was attacked by Ian Brazier, a 26 year old man in a busy shopping centre, in Solihull, West Midlands. In an unprovoked attack Brazier ripped apart Farhana Chughtaia’s veil, after his frustration that his favourite movie was not showing. He pleaded guilty to one charge of racially aggravated common assault in court…

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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – the young Muslim woman at the heart of Hollande’s new cabinet

News Agencies – May 18, 2012 Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, 34, is the youngest member of the cabinet which assembled under the chairmanship of President François Hollande. She is the Minister for Women’s Affairs and will be the official spokeswoman for the government and, therefore, the mouthpiece for “Hollandism”. The first Socialist French government for 10 years…

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Muslim woman wins $5 million in punitive damages from AT&T in workplace discrimination suit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair. A Jackson County jury on Thursday awarded Susann Bashir $5 million in punitive…

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Photo of Canadian Muslim woman wearing face veil while holding bra stirs controversy

News Agencies – April 13, 2012   An art student who wears Muslim headscarf is defending her right to freedom of expression after a photo she snapped was removed from public display at a British Columbia university. The large black and white print depicts a woman in full Islamic scarf and cloak holding a flower-embossed…

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