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Hijab in the News
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Muslim women's head scarf a veil of mystery |
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
The hijab is a flowing slip of fabric Muslim women wrap scarf-like around their heads, tucking their hair beneath it so that not even a wisp escapes. ... Full Article |
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Book review: Being Muslim |
Ode Magazine - Mill Valley,CA,USA
This book takes a look at the issues of Hijab, and the implied suppression of women by their men. Siddiqui feels that just as many other fallacies ...Full Article |
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THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE VEIL |
By AzrA(AzrA)
There are number of health and moral benefits that wearing the veil (Hijab, Hejab) can provide. The moral duty of wearing the veil (Hijab, Hejab) in Islam is an often discussed topic among Muslim women. However, little has been written ...Full Article |
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The Police Joint Union says no to the hijab |
Aftenbladet.no - Stavanger,Rogaland,Norway
The police department is considering whether the head-wear, hijab should be allowed to be work with the police uniform. The Police Joint Union says the ...Full Article |
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She's proud to be an American, and Muslim |
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
11, 2001, Hamid, who wears a hijab - a traditional head covering - was apprehensive when she returned to work as a US Airways flight attendant. ...Full Article |
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Hijab allowed with the uniform |
Aftenbladet.no - Stavanger,Rogaland,Norway
The armed forces, health service, custom and excise, in short everyone says yet to women in these services wearing the head-wear, hijab with the uniform. ... Full Article |
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Wants hijab as part of her police-uniform |
Aftenbladet.no - Stavanger,Rogaland,Norway
Keltoum Hasnaoui Missoum (23) dreams of being a police woman, and asks if she can wear hijab. “Hi, come in!” Missoum smiles broadly as she opens the door of ... Full Article |
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Schools to allow hijab but not burqa under new rules |
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
By John Walshe Education Editor THE hijab is in -- but the burqa is out under new policy rules for uniforms in schools. They were drawn up following ... Full Article
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Diversity In The Girl Scouts |
KEYC - Mankato,MN,USA
Sara says, ''Sometimes when I go to public places and I'm wearing my hijab and people are staring at me.''Historian Susan Miller says scouting has always ... Full Article |
Duke Chronicle - Durham,NC,USA
Like keeping a beard for men and wearing the hijab (the headscarf), the zebiba has become another cultivated sign of piety in Egyptian society. ... Full Article |
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France disallows veil to Muslim woman |
EnerPub - Houston,TX,USA
It was ruled that her radical practice of Islam is incompatible with French values. by Patricia Duval On June 27, 2008, the Council of State (Conseil ... Full Article |
PW-Philadelphia Weekly - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Webb believes her headscarf, or khimar—the most distinctive, symbolic and controversial part of the Islamic dress code for women (known as hijab)—is too ... Full Article |
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Muslim women crave stylish hairdos |
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Like many who wear the hijab, Chowdhury couldn't find a high-end salon that could give her the privacy she requires as a conservative Muslim and the stylish ... Full Article |
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Re-emergence of anti-Muslim sentiment worries Oregon family |
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Today, he's worried the hijab Zahra Baloch puts over her dark hair in public could make her a target. MOTOYA NAKAMURA/ The OregonianZahra Baloch prepares ... Full Article |
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Central Asia: Tajik Women, Young People Appear To Be Embracing Islam |
Times of Central Asia (subscription) - Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan's Education Ministry outlawed the hejab in schools and universities last year and also demands that its students wear special uniforms. ... Full Article |
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Hijab ignites Ireland rights debate |
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
"The issue of the hijab [Islamic headscarf] is a reflection of how Ireland treats its minorities. "It has silently repressed Muslim rights while flaunting ...Full Article |
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Dutch to ban burkas when picking children up from school |
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... leaving only a slit for the eyes. The Dutch ban will not apply to the more common Hijab headscarf, where a woman's face is clearly visible. Full Article |
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Woman: UPS fired me because I'm Muslim |
United Press International - USA
... wearing a traditional hijab, headscarf and skirt with no problem -- even tucking in her hijab and raising her skirt to mid-calf for safety reasons. ... Full Article |
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Court Hears Arguments Over Muslim Officer's Head Scarf |
FOXNews - USA
Webb's attorneys say the hijab is blue or black and goes with her uniform colors. They say it is barely visible beneath her cap, tucked away mostly in her ... Full Article |
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Religious Discrimination at the Best Western? |
Seattle Weekly - Seattle,WA,USA
But she kept wearing the scarf, called a hijab, for religious reasons. "Either you're going to take it off or I'm going to fire you," she says the hotel's.. Full Article |
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JI launches drive to promote headscarf |
The News International - Karachi,Pakistan
By Asim Hussain AS the Muslims across the globe observe World Hijab Day on Thursday (today), Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has launched a vigorous campaign to... Full Article |
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Fresh Starts: “It’s Projecting How You Want to Be Perceived.” |
BU Today - United States, MA
In the video above, Shakeela Najjar (CAS’12) of New Bedford, Mass., talks about the characteristics that define her — her religion, exemplified by her hijab ... Full Article |
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Norway: Hijab as a solution to rape |
EuropeNews - Helsingør,Denmark
Three years ago she got herself a hijab and covered most of her head. Q: How was it to suddenly cover yourself as a Norwegian woman? ... Full Article |
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Group to lobby for right to wear hijab |
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
A NEWLY formed Muslim group has been set up to help ensure the continued rights of Muslim women to wear the hijab in Ireland. The Irish Hijab Campaign will ... Full Article |
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Women all wrapped up in style |
Times and Transcript - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
Sobia Malik, a 21-year-old university student, shares tips on how to tie her hijab. And that's fine by Jana Kossaibati, a 19-year-old medical student in ... Full Article |
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Muslims seek high fashion |
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Some wear a hijab, others don't. Ditto for makeup, jewelry and anything that draws attention to feminine charms. The most conservative believe a woman ... Full Article |
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What are Dolls Teaching our Girls?? |
By Sakina & Sara
... they were created by muslim woman and men who saw some kids (be it their own or just some random kids) playing with normal Barbie dolls, and decided they didn’t convey Islamic dress codes and were bad influences on their daughters. ... Full Article |
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What Motivates Women's Clothing Choices? |
Corsavoo.com - Bastia,Corse,France
Common attire includes Hijab underscarves, professional furniture cleaners lycra gloves, abayas (long cloak-like garments); and jilbabs (outer- and ... Full Article |
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Behind the veil lives a thriving Muslim sexuality |
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Nor are Muslim women alone. The Western Christian tradition portrays all sexuality, even married sexuality, as sinful. Islam and Judaism never had that same ... Full Article |
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Turkey — Is it East or West? |
New York Times - United States
I saw Japanese women wearing shorts allowed to enter a mosque, although one of the mosque officials gave them a hijab. The streets and the market and the ... Full Article |
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Kuwait: Parliament Divided on Women Ministers’ Veil |
EuropeNews - Helsingør,Denmark
The other section of the Parliament answered that "in a democracy such as Kuwait, the hijab cannot be imposed". "It is a matter between women and God", ... Full Article |
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Malawi Muslims threaten to boycott voter registration |
Nyasa Times - Blantyre,Southern,Malawi
"The hijab is a sensitive garment within the Muslim community. We have angered Muslims by forcing them to remove them," said Malawi Electoral Commission ... Full Article |
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
When Khan was a teenager in the 1980s, Muslim girls weren't making such an effort to dress conservatively and few wore the head scarf known as the hijab. ... Full Article |
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Inter Press Service - Rome,Italy
IPS: As a woman you have to wear a hijab headscarf and mantou, which covers your body. What was your feeling about it and also the women in different parts ... Full article |
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Veils fuel harassment in Egypt, some say |
Boston Globe - United States
By Ellen Knickmeyer The words sit over two illustrations, one comparing a veiled woman, her hair and neck covered in the manner known to Muslims as hijab, ... Full Article |
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I have nothing but respect for the women athletes who are wearing ... |
guardian.co.uk - UK
This year, several women, including Egyptian fencer Shaimaa El Gammal and Bahraini sprinter Rakia Al Gassra, will be competing wearing the hijab. ... Full Article |
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No directive for schools on use of Islamic scarf |
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
THE GOVERNMENT has decided not to issue a directive to schools on the wearing of the Islamic hijab headscarf by pupils, Minister of State for Integration ... Full Article |
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Headscarves, Secularism, and Religious Freedom |
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
The Muslim headscarf (hijab) can be worn in several ways: very loosely as former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto did; completely covering the hair; ... Full Article |
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RUSSIA: State persecution wrecked religious life, Kabardino ... |
Forum 18 - Oslo,Norway
On 20 July 2005 Yelena Gasiyeva (who, unusually among women in Kabardino-Balkaria, wears the hijab) was forcefully detained by a police officer while ... Full Article |
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Scarf denotes a religious choice |
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
Wearing the Muslim head cover (hijab) gives me a deeper freedom. The hijab is simply to protect my personal dignity. I know when I receive acknowledgment at ... Full Article |
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"Liberating" Muslim Women |
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Media Monitors Network - CA,USA
Displayed on the poster was an image of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, accompanied by the words, "how can we liberate them?" The poster was disturbing ... Full Article |
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