A group of Muslim women honored soldiers who died fighting for the UK by placing a wreath at the National Memorial Arboretum in England, according to the BBC. The early July ceremony occurred on the anniversary of the death of Lance Cpl. Jabron Hashmi, the first British Muslim soldier to die in a Taliban attack…
Two Muslim women were ordered out of a swimming pool at the Rives des Corbieres holiday camp in Port Leucate, southern France, because they were wearing ‘burkinis’. The incident came ten days after French MPs voted to outlaw the burka in public places. The women were asked to either change into conventional bikinis or one-piece…
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women opposes the addition of “honor killings” to the Criminal Code on the grounds “murder is murder” and a special category could stigmatize new immigrants and some ethnic or religious groups. Opposition Liberal and New Democrat MPs and several legal experts also objected to such a change, floated by Rona…
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,…
This article features Muslim women’s perspectives on choosing to wear headscarves in France today.
