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Friday Links — July 18, 2008

Friday Links — July 18, 2008

Last updated on: January 5, 2012 at 8:48 pm by fatemeh

Friday Links — July 18, 2008 2012-01-05T20:48:34-04:00 fatemeh

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Women’s eNews looks at female Muslim comedians and a New York photography exhibit that showcases photographs taken by Muslim women.

Al Arabiya reports on the movie Towelhead, in which Saudi-born Summer Bishil stars.

Sepia Mutiny reveals honor killing to be “bride killing.”

altmuslim’s Wajahat Ali speaks with Shirin Ebadi about her new book and the future of Iran.

Bosnia commemorates the thirteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

An Indian Muslim couple gets married via mobile phone.

An online form for a woman’s mahram (“guardian”) will enable women in Saudi Arabia to travel alone.

A man who murdered 42 women and girls has been executed.

Two women were murdered by Taleban militants in Afghanistan. Photos of their bodies were released on the internet. May Allah bring them peace.

The only female Afghan Olympian is no longer missing: she is appealing for asylum in Europe. Via Islam in Europe. Update: she has since dropped out of the Olympics.

Muslim Matters looks at virginity in Islam.

Nesrine Malik thinks about the answers to “Do Muslim women need liberating?” from several different Muslim women.

Muslim women congregate in New Delhi for Bhartiya Janta political party .

The Muslim Women’s Welfare Association in London has been given a large grant to study the western influence on Pakistani fashion over the past century.

The Madarsa Board in Uttar Pradesh, India, is working on making Muslim women self-employed by training them in tailoring.

A story about how Muslim girls find comfort in their faith.

Deeyah sets up a project for Muslim women to express themselves through music.

The Houston Chronicle profiles Ingrid Mattson.

The Guardian‘s Ziauddin Sardar critiques Channel 4’s documentary about Muslims.

The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles Annette John-Hall.

Arabisto’s Sabria Jawhar discusses the rejection of a Muslim women’s French citizenship.

Kalimaat discusses sexual harassment in Yemen.

GlobalComment discusses how honor killings contort religion.

The New York Times profiles another girl forced into marriage in Yemen. Via Improvisations.

Jamerican Muslimah reviews the movie Arranged.

When Muslim women attack! Via TalkIslam.

On the strong tradition of female Muslim scholars in China. Via Islamify.

The Los Angeles Times investigates polygyny in Italy. Via Islam in Europe.

Activist Zaitun “Toni” Kassim has died. May Allah grant her peace.

Mariam Abdul Latif will become the first Muslim woman to speak at a halal conference in South Africa. Barikallah!

A woman is sentenced to be put to death after eighteen years in jail for allegedly killing a young boy.

Fadela Amara, France’s Urban Affairs Minister, says that the burqa is a prison.

People hate on a beauty pageant winner because she’s not from a closer town. Pfff. Whatever. It’s because she’s brown!

Achelois discusses the issues of identity and culture that face foreign women who marry Gulf men. Via Ijtema.

Islam in Europe examines virginity in Sweden, how women fleeing forced marriages are betrayed by doctors and police, an update on the death of Pakistani-Danish woman, a story of a forced marriage for a Pakistani-Norwegian woman, and Belgium’s ruling on children of polygynous marriages.

IslamOnline examines the headscarf as a western fashion trend.

Menassat seeks to find out why women are underrepresented in Lebanese government.

Ali A. Rizvi ponders headscarves and strippers.

AKI just barely figures out that the One Million Signatures Campaign has gone international.

The United Nations welcomes efforts to include women on Iraq’s election lists.

Saudi Aramco rejects candidates who are deemed overweight. I guess their company motto is “No fat chicks.”

Almost half of Egyptian women are harassed on a daily basis. And the men polled admitted to lewd behavior; they know that what they’re doing is wrong! And we still get PSAs for veiling? (banging head on wall)

Two conjoined twins are doing well after their separation surgery. Alhamdulillah!

Muslim women in Sri Lanka win first and second places at the Jessup International Law Moot Competition. Barikallah!

The New Statesman looks at attitudes toward women in Southeast Asia.

The Times Online looks at the women who are caught between the headscarf and the Turkish government.

At the interfaith conference in Spain, theologians call for equality between the sexes in religion.

Muslimnista shares the stories of a woman and her husband work to save abandoned children in Karachi, Pakistan. Also, Saudi Arabia get its first female pilot.

Here’s a clip from MSNBC about an Iranian matchmaking service:

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