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Friday Links — July 10, 2009

Friday Links — July 10, 2009

Last updated on: July 10, 2009 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links — July 10, 2009 2009-07-10T00:00:01-04:00 fatemeh

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The New York Times reports on the headscarf’s rise as a political symbol in Indonesia.

Women in Turkey take back the night.

A Palestinian journalist claims that Hamas arrested her while she was at the beach.

The man who murdered Banaz Mahmood will be extradited to stand trial for her rape and murder.

More on the death of Marwa el-Sherbini: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Plus more here.

Aafia Siddiqui appeared in a U.S. court and made her first public statements about being accused of terrorism. More from ABC. Via TalkIslam.

Honor killings in the Sindh province of Pakistan continue to rise.

TehranBureau speaks with Zillah Eisenstein about Iranian feminism.

The Globe and Mail examines the lives of female refugees in Afghanistan.

More burqa ban discussions: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Plus more here.

The Calgary Herald profiles Nida Makhdoom, a fashion designer. Via Hijab Style.

Al Jazeera interviews Amal Soliman, the first woman to be an Egyptian marriage registrar.

A Canadian Muslim women died the Yemeni plane crash last month. May Allah give her peace. Via Euro-Islam.

A Saudi journalist goes undercover as a maid to understand the extent of maid abuse.

GetReligion writes about Neda Agha Soltani’s martyrdom.

Malaysia aims to be the world’s Islamic fashion center. Via Hijabtrendz.

An Islamic university in Lucknow, India, is beginning a program to teach women how to be muftis.

A woman flees an abusive father and an abusive legal system.

Many Afghan women are switching to the chador. No burqa ban required. Via ifeminists.

I write about the dos & don’ts of Muslim women’s liberation. Shabana Mir also wrote about this a few years earlier.

Chinese officials blame Rebiya Kadeer for the Uighur uprising.

On Malaysia’s changing social landscape for women.

On the death of Shahi Imam Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari, his daughter-in-law speaks about what he meant to the world.

Payvand News republishes an essay from the Iranian feminist magazine Meydaan.com, which rejects compulsory hijab.

Muslim women in North Carolina run a free clinic.

Bahraini basketball players refuse to remove their headscarves in an unnamed international competition.

AltMuslimah reports on the rise of Muslim women’s memoirs.

A Lebanese man’s jail term has been cut for honor killing. WTF.

Despite the fact that women are a majority in Kurdistan, politicians don’t address women’s issues.

The U.N. recognizes that there is an urgent need to criminalize rape in Afghan law. More from CNN.

The Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice gives an inch. Via ifeminists.

AltMuslim interviews Farah Pandith.

A Saudi man is standing trial for murdering his sisters.

Islam Online profiles Dr. Nadia El-Awady, who became the first Muslim woman to lead the World Federation of Science Journalists.

More burqa/niqab haterade.

A U.S. feminist group backs escalation in Afghanistan. BOO.

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