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Read More »Nigerian Muslims Warn against Removing Students’ Hijab
MSSN said in a statement on Sunday that schools and teachers must uphold the ruling by the Lagos Court of Appeal, which found in July that a ban on the headscarf violated the religious freedoms of Muslim girls...
Read More »Turkey Allows Female Officers to Wear Hijab
For the first time, women in Turkey's police force can opt to wear a hijab as part of their uniform...
Read More »Canada’s Police Allow Hijab for Officers
Canada's police force has announced that its Muslim officers can wear hijab...
Read More »Book: “Women and Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia”
The book “Women and sharia law in Northern Indonesia: local women’s NGOs and the reform of Islamic law in Aceh” by Dina Afrianty...
Read More »Hijabi Muslim Women Face Discrimination in UK
British women wearing Hijab are facing work discrimination as employers prefer hiring non-veil-wearing employees...
Read More »Muslim Basketball Players Petition FIBA to Allow Hijab
Bosnian-American Indira Kaljo has successfully petitioned FIBA to allow the wearing of the hijab in competition...
Read More »Proper Hijab Correlates with Psychological Wellbeing
woman who observes the hijab should be happier than a woman who decides not to...
Read More »Pakistani Clerics’ Fatwa on ‘Honor’ Killings
An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against “honor” killings...
Read More »EU court: Employers can ban headscarf
An adviser to the European Court of Justice says companies can prohibit staff from wearing the Islamic headscarf as part of a general ban on religious and political symbols. The tribunal is currently hearing a compensation claim from a woman who was dismissed from her job for wearing an Islamic headscarf. This is the …
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