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Friday Links — January 15,
2009<http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2010/01/friday-links-january-15-2009/>
by Fatemeh
- After the Afghan parliament rejected several of his cabinet member
appointments, Hamid Karzai submits new nominees, three of which are
women<http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/121/article_6443.asp>.
But don't get excited yet: the rejected nominees include a woman, so it's
unclear whether parliament doesn't want any women, or just one in
particular.
- One of Turkey's most prominent human rights lawyers reveals a secret
about her family<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/world/europe/06iht-turkey.html>
that
may help begin to heal the Turkish-Armenian divide.
- Nadia Hassan speaks out about her invasive airport
search<http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/features/?id=36590>
last
week in Chicago.
- Atlanta gets its first Muslim
sorority<http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/muslim-women-embrace-sorority-272595.html>
.
- Malaysia announces that it has begun an allocation for Muslim women who
are undergoing
divorce<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/12/nation/5454333&sec=nation>
and
have not been paid maintenance. More
here<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/13/nation/5458619&sec=nation>
.
- Kuwait is getting their own ladies-only taxi
service<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Eve-taxi-Kuwait-women-to-go-places-on-pink-power/articleshow/5434613.cms>!
Meanwhile, a women's group in Egypt is against the same
idea<http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/womens-rights-group-opposes-all-female-taxis>
.
- Grazia gets it, sort of: why fining women for wearing niqabs is just as
bad as outright banning
them<http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/talkingpoints/archive/2010/01/11/are-the-fashion-police-going-too-far.htm>
.
- Common Ground News examines the role of female religious guides (*
murshidat* or
*mourchidat).*<http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=27059&lan=en&sid=1&&p=0&isNew=1>
- **The BBC follows a female driving instructor–who wears a
niqab<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8449262.stm>.
More here<http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4847401.East_Lancashire_Muslim_ladies_in_the_TV_driving_seat/>
.
- *The Independent *examines the "face behind the
veil."<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-many-faces-behind-the-veil-1865772.html>
*eyeroll*
- *USA Today* looks at France's attempt to ban the
niqab<http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-01-12-france-muslim_N.htm>.
So does Islam
Online<http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1262372314561&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout>
.
- Speaking of burqa bans, here's another reason it's stupid to ban them
in Denmark<http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/only-three-women-in-denmark-wear-burqa-20100113-m51m.html>:
only *three *women in Denmark wear the burqa.
- AltMuslimah examines the Hui Muslim practice of female spiritual
leaders <http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/3506/> (*nu ahong).*
- A first-of-its-kind survey by the Malay Muslim Women's Organization has
revealed what could be a worrying trend of early remarriages among Malay
divorcees<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1030458/1/.html>
.
- A student organizes a charity run that will benefit the Jordan River
Project<http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/13/new_562884.shtml>,
a charity that helps Jordanian women and children.
- *Newsweek *interviews the widow of the Jordanian man who blew himself
up in Afghanistan<http://www.newsweek.com//frameset.aspx/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweekturkiye.com%2Fhaberler%2Fdetay%2F35416%2FMy-Husband-Fought-for-Islam>,
and looks at the role of women in Al
Qaeda<http://www.newsweek.com/id/230607/page/1>
.
- People in the Indonesian government believe that banning "gossip
programs" will decrease the divorce
rate<http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/12/gossip-programs-increase-divorce-rate-minister.html>.
Riiiiight.
- The Feminist School gives us a list of all of the female activists
arrested in Iran before and during
Ashura<http://www.iranfemschool.com/english/spip.php?article355>,
and many of them have been denied
visitors<http://iranfemschool.com/english/spip.php?article361>
.
- Sex education changes attitudes in Muslim
communities<http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=3367021>
in
Sweden. Via Islam in
Europe.<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/sweden-sex-education-interests-young.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29>
- The rate of divorce in Oman has fallen as a result of men marrying
second wives<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100105/FOREIGN/701049860/1135/pollarchive>
without
divorcing their first to "keep families together."
- How Iranian women may benefit from the country's current political
crisis <http://www.payvand.com/news/10/jan/1066.html>.
- The *Saudi Gazette* reports that a conference at the University of
Manchester recently covered female Arab
writers<http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010011159799>
in
the diaspora.
- Two Shariah officers in Indonesia have been arrested on charges of
raping a female
detainee<http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201001/s2793143.htm>.
May Allah give her justice and peace. More
here<http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/13/sharia-police-arrested-rape.html>
.
- Iranian television presenter Shahin Mahinfar is refusing to give in to
government pressure<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6982409.ece>
to
deny claims that her son was killed by security forces.
- Pakistani-Canadian Tahmena Bokhari was crowned Miss Pakistan
2010<http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/entertainment/s/1188641_college_professor_crowned_mrs_pakistan>
this
week in Toronto. More
here<http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/750548--porter-this-beauty-queen-has-brains-and-bite>
.
- A domestic worker was thrown out of her employer's third-story home. By
her employer <http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/840238/-/vp9oc4/-/>.
May Allah give this woman justice.
- Global Voices Online hosts female bloggers in Yemen as part of a
project <http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2010/01/03/ewmt-candle-in-the-dark-the-women-bloggers-of-yemen/>to
increase blogging worldwide.
- *Hürriyet Daily News *discusses the language of women in the Kurdish
movement<http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=language-of-women-in-the-kurdish-movement-2010-01-08>
.
- Bachelors, students and working women are facing residential
problems<http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=January2010&file=World_News201001129414.xml>
due
to the acute shortage of accommodation facilities in the Pakistani twin
cities of federal capital Islamabad and the adjacent Rawalpindi.
- The horrifically regular story of sex trafficking in the
Emirates<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100111/NATIONAL/701109834/1010>
.
- Thirty members of Iran's "Mourning Mothers" have been
arrested<http://www.iranunfiltered.com/journal/2010/1/11/30-mourning-mothers-arrested.html>,
after they were attacked during an earlier gathering.
- Muslim women in Singapore participate in the Empowered Muslim
Women Run<http://hijabtrendz.com/2010/01/10/hijabis-on-the-run-in-singapore/>
2010.
Via Hijabtrendz<http://www.daylife.com/photo/01Q7eACeuXgMS?q=empowered+muslim+women+run>
.
- A local official of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League accused a
Muslim cleaning woman of being a security
threa<http://www.canada.com/news/world/Muslim+cleaning+woman+called+security+threat+Italy+Report/2419908/story.html>t.
Via Islam in
Europe<http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/italy-muslim-cleaning-woman-called.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IslamInEurope+%28Islam+in+Europe%29&utm_content=Google+Reader>
.
- A lack of adequate childcare centers is costing Emirati
women<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100113/NATIONAL/701129850/1139>
and
their country. More
here<http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/key-speakers-at-dubai-forum-highlight-childcare-needs-1.567185>
.
- Iraqi widows speak out against female suicide
bombers<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/NATIONAL/701139859/1139/national>
.
- An Emirati man spreads the message about spending more time with one's
wives and children<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/NATIONAL/701139859/1139/national>
.
- TwoCircles profiles the Muslim women of
Malabar<http://twocircles.net/2010jan13/muslim_women_malabar.html>
.
- On maternal mortality in rural
Indonesia<http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/13/a-matter-life-and-death.html>
.
*As always, if we've missed any news stories about Muslim women, please feel
free to post them in the comments!*
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