Muslim women
Women’s clothing: Don’t fight oppression with oppression
France’s Union for Popular Movement (UMP) – which, when previously led by Nicolas Sarkozy banned the burqa in France – sparked controversy recently as female British MPs criticized the party over a sexism row.
By Rima Amin | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 3:00 am
Islam in Thailand: A new way forward?
It seems apt then, that last week 4000 people in Bangkok convened to discuss ways towards bettering the Muslim community, not just individually but collectively.
By Dr Sima Barmania | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 12:00 am
Sex and Sharia: Muslim women punished for failed marriages
Today I received another telephone call from a young Muslim woman, Nasrin, who pleaded with me to help her obtain an Islamic divorce. After fleeing a forced marriage characterised by rape and physical violence, Nasrin applied for an Islamic divorce from a Sharia council; that was almost 10 years ago now.
By Charlotte Rachael Proudman | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 2 April 2012 at 4:02 pm
The New Muslim suffragettes of the United Kingdom
An increasing number of Muslim women activists are receiving death threats, fatwas and even hate-mail from extremist male and female Muslims. Their crime? Rescuing fellow Muslim women from violent and life threatening situations.
By Charlotte Rachael Proudman | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 18 January 2012 at 11:59 am
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