A Muslim campaign group says school uniforms should accommodate Islamic dress codes by allowing girls to wear full-length skirts, long-sleeved shirts and headscarves...
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The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Ghana (FOMWAG) annual national conference has ended in Wa with a call on parents to imbue good manners in their children...
Read More »Hijab, Meaning, Identity, Otherization and Politics: British Muslim Women
The fourth report in the British Muslim Expectations of Government series has been commissioned to highlight and identify Muslim responses and requirements...
Read More »Int’l Conference on Contribution of Women to Various Discourse of Islamic Studies
A two day international conference titled “The Contribution of Women to Various Discourses of Islamic Studies in Contemporary Times” Organized by the Faculty of Usuluddin (Female Campus) in collaboration with Iqbal International Institute for Research & Dialogue, International Islamic...
Read More »Nigerian Muslim lawyers Slams Law School for Barring Hijab
The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria, MULAN, has described as unlawful the recent refusal by the Nigerian Law School to allow Firdaus Amasa entrance into the venue of the ‘Call to Bar’ ceremony recently in Abuja because she put on...
Read More »Catalonia Elects Its First Female Muslim MP
Catalonia elected its first female Muslim MP in the region’s elections last Thursday, bringing the number of Muslim parliamentarian representative to three...
Read More »Nigerian Muslim Body Slams Law School for Barring Hijab
Nigeria's apex Muslim body on Tuesday threatened the country's law school with nationwide protests for barring a Muslim woman from a call to the bar ceremony because she wore a hijab...
Read More »Call for Application: Intensive Course on Gender and Women’s Studies
The Women and Family Research Center Intensive Course endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Gender and Women’s Studies based on Islamic Shi’a point of view and seeks to offer an original and insightful image of women in...
Read More »The Nike ‘Pro-Hijab’ Goes Global for Sale
Nike's long-anticipated hijab for athletes is now available for sale, nine months after announcing it was working on the project...
Read More »UK Muslims Concerns over Schools’ Hijab Inspection
A leading British Muslim group has voiced concerns over school inspecting authority, Ofsted, plans to question young Muslim girls on hijab, saying the proposal challenges the British values of religious freedom...
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