- Politics Daily discusses the state of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
- Somalia’s hardline group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras. When does it end?! More from Al Arabiya and Improvisations. Via ProgressiveIslam.
- Time reports on the recent phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Pakistan.
- CAIR has asked state and federal officials to get involved in an investigation of a recent home vandalism because the home owner is a Muslim woman who is running for a public office.
- Al Ahram weighs in on the the niqab controversy. So does Southern Masala.
- Ummid.com interviews Zainah Anwar.
- The Muslim women’s group RAHAMA and Assistant U. S. Attorney Richard Maigret have been selected to receive an award for working to combat domestic violence.
- A Canadian Muslim speaks out against the Muslim Canadian Congress’ calls for a niqab ban.
- The Saudi Gazette reports on Diam’s conversion to Islam.
- The BBC reports on another type of sexual harassment in Egypt: phone stalking.
- The Los Angeles Times profiles Kurdistan’s “Shakira”.
- In Finland, women from Muslim backgrounds are experiencing a rise in honor-based violence. Via Islam in Europe.
- The Canadian Press covers Malalai Joya’s new book.
- Iranian women are accused of being part of a drug smuggling cartel in Indonesia.
- The controversial Ikhwan Polygamy Club intends to set up branches in Indonesia.
- Kuwaiti women will now be able to obtain their own passports and travel without the prior consent of their husbands following a recent ruling. More here.
- In New Delhi, Dr. Zainab Alwani gives a lecture on challenges that Muslim women face.
- IslamOnline interviews German politican Hülya Dogan.
- Militants in Pakistan target a women’s cafeteria at an Islamic university.
- The Kuwaiti “hijab in parliament” issue takes up more political time. More from elan.
- In India, a cleric accused women of witchcraft, which resulted in horrific assault. May Allah give these women justice.
- Morocco lifts its reservations on CEDAW, but doesn’t come up with a plan to enact it.
- A new fatwa in Jordan states that online chatting between sexes is haram.
- Common Ground News highlights a place that Egyptian women can go for help.
- The Watford Observer profiles Sharifa Chaudry.
- Thailand’s design schools will promote Islamic fashion, in accordance with government wishes.
- Haife Wehbe gets herself into some more trouble.
- Pedestrian highlights the unveiling of a new Iranian women’s website.
- NPR charts Dalia Mogahed’s elevation to Muslim celebrity status. She also speaks with U.S. News about her comments on shari’ah.
- Around 1,000 divorced Muslim women staged a rally in Orissa demanding the inclusion of their names in the BPL (Below Poverty Line) list. More here.
- More on Malaysia’s government-sponsored honeymoons.
- Other Sudanese women charged with wearing pants have been sentenced.
- IslamOnline reminds us about pink hijab day.
- In Kenya, the Catholic church is protesting a recent ruling that will allow Muslim girls to wear headscarves in schools.
