- Hundreds of Kosovo Muslims protested a ban on wearing a headscarf in school.
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A British court asked a Muslim woman to remove her face veil to show her facial expression while testifying against her husband in a physical abuse case.
- The Vancouver Sun profiles a local women’s-only swimming hour.
- In Bihar, India, as many as six Muslim women have been fielded by political parties, first in Bihar’s electoral history.
- The Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy and Noor-us Salam jointly condemned the brutal rape of a 21-year-old volunteer nurse by six men, Maguindanao. May Allah give her justice.
- The Peninsula profiles the Doha Debates on banning the niqab in France.
- Tamil Nadu has established its first chapter Muslim Women’s Aid Society.
- Two Muslim women have been promoted by British Labour leader Ed Miliband among a new generation of MPs to prominent positions in his shadow front bench team.
- A Canadian court rules that Muslim women can be forced to remove their niqab while testifying only if the fairness of the trial depends on it.
- Two Malaysian women won gold medals for shooting in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
- The Women News Network looks at Kashmir’s “half widows.” More from The Guardian.
- emel looks at the founder of Creative Muslim Network.
- Singer Mira Awad is tired of being asked to choose between Palestinian and Israeli sides.
- Female Iraqi refugees in Syria are in danger of becoming victims of sex trafficking in addition to war.
- globalpost looks at “bride kidnapping” in Kyrgyzstan.
- AltMuslim looks at Sakineh Ashtiani and human rights.
- Mauritanian women are fighting against the tradition of fattening.
- A French woman accused of ripping off the full face veil of an Emirati tourist and biting and scratching her faced prosecution demands for a two-month suspended prison sentence.
- Most West Australians want a national ban on women wearing the burqa.
If we’ve missed any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to post links in the comments.
