- Police have charged the British hoteliers who harassed a Muslim client. More here.
- Demand for hymen reconstruction surgery is rising in Turkey.
- Muslim and Dalit women India eradicate corruption in a local health centers.
- More on the mannequin situation in Iran.
- In the wake of Chesler vs. Wolf, a woman who actually wears an abaya speaks up.
- Hundreds of women demonstrated in Brussels, calling for the veil and all other religious clothes or symbols to be banned from schools. Via Islam in Europe, which also has a what’s what of clothing debates regarding Muslim women in Europe.
- Naomi Wolf finally gets it right.
- The Dawn points out that Pakistan’s new law against domestic violence isn’t actually going to change anything.
- Jezebel highlights the effect that Iran’s protests have had on the country’s women.
- Headscarves are banned in Kazakhstan’s schools.
- The Daily Star looks at a new documentary, entitled Dolls.
- Asra Nomani speaks at a Florida university.
- Muslim girls in Austria face a lot of bullying in school. Via Islam in Europe.
- Israel says it will release 20 female prisoners for proof that one of their soldiers is alive. More here.
- The Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sponsored a community discussion about Islam intended to educate.
- The Times Online clears up fact vs. fiction when it comes to the niqab. Via MuslimMatters.
- A Kashmiri girl fought off militants who attacked her home and family.
- Three brothers in Jordan have been charged with murder after killing their older sister. May Allah give her peace and justice.
- The Women’s Media Center profiles Sakena Yacoobi, an Afghan activist.
- Islam in Europe reports that politicans are supporting a proposal that cuts of welfare benefits for women who will not remove burqas.
- Britain’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a box of leaflets dropped from a British plane killed a girl in Afghanistan. May Allah give her peace. Via KABOBfest.
- Reuters gives a summary of who said what about the French Burqa ban.
- AltMuslimah reviews Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq.
- The BBC looks at the difficulties widows in Iraq face.
- More on the woman who was expelled from a Spanish court room for wearing a burqa.
- In Sweden, some teachers want a policy on veils in classrooms, but the country’s education minister disagrees. Via Islam in Europe.
- Three women in Lahore, Pakistan were subjected to torture by men who assumed they were running a brothel. May Allah give them peace and justice.
- Beauty parlors in Lebanon are catering to little girls.
- A Danish medical association asks doctors to stop performing tests to confirm virginity. Via Islam in Europe.
- Global Voices Online discusses Arab women’s legal statuses as minors.
- Female refugees from Darfur face systematic rape from all sides in camps where they are supposed to be safe.
- The TE’A project covers women who cover.
- MuslimMatters highlights some issues women have with polygyny.
