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Friday Links — October 9, 2009

Friday Links — October 9, 2009

Last updated on: October 9, 2009 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links — October 9, 2009 2009-10-09T00:00:56-04:00 fatemeh

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Women in Lebanon are campaigning to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts.

Diana El-Jeiroudi discusses her film Dolls.

In Bahrain, a nationwide campaign is being launched to secure seats for women in parliament and all five municipal councils in next year’s elections.

Firedoglake covers Rana Hussein’s book Murder in the name of honor.

Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen says women who will not remove their burqas in order to get work should not receive welfare.

IslamOnline reports that female Muslim boxers will be allowed to wear headscarves in the 2012 Olympics. More from the TimesOnline.

An interesting slideshow on the economic underpinnings of honor killings in Jordan. Also, The Jordan Times examines the economics of honor killings.

On polygyny and legal loopholes in India.

Last weekend, Colorado’s Naropa University hosted a symposium called, “Women’s Leadership and Activism in the Muslim World.”

The Miami Herald covers the Hijabi Monologues.

Istanbul hosts its first Islamic fashion show. Via HijabStyle.

A group of elderly women in Gouda, The Netherlands, has chartered a bus to take them to day and health centers.

IslamOnline highlights Egypt’s first headscarf beauty contest. Via Hijabtrendz.

The Netherlands is toughening its marriage immigration laws, making it more difficult for foreign brides. Via Islam in Europe.

The Saudi Gazette profiles Suaad Allami, an Iraqi lawyer who works to aid other Iraqi women.

Rachida Dati’s brother (a convicted drug dealer, by the way) says she brings shame to his family for having a baby.

A German publisher has canceled a book about the honor murder of a Muslim woman for fear of protests.

Ministry of Higher Education has delegated Dr. Fatimah Abdullah Al-Saleem to work as the first woman in the cultural attaché in the Canadian Saudi Embassy.

Saudi Jeans reports on the ruling from a Jeddah court given to a rape victim. May Allah give her peace and justice.

Everyone is talking about Sheikh Tantawi’s niqab bias (and we will be too, so stay tuned!): the Telegraph, AFP, The Majlis, The Daily Beast, MuslimMatters, VOA, New Statesman, and more from AFP.

Nadia Hijab discusses the problems with the phrase, “women and children” in U.N. resolutions.

A Muslim woman in the U.K. faced harassment and verbal abuse after she stopped a meeting to pray. Via Islam in Europe.

The ex-wife of the D.C. sniper was his real target. Via Jezebel.

Now Italy wants to hop on the burqa ban wagon. The Muslim Canadian Congress is calling for Canada to also ban the burqa.

The attorney for two Muslim teens who were attacked last month aboard a school bus has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to step into the case.

IslamOnline reports on horrific mass rapes in Guinea.

In Kuwait, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has ruled that headscarves are mandatory.

Radio Tahrir interviews Zeba Iqbal.

Sabria Jawhar writes about the Saudi denial of violence against women and children.

AFP reports that Hamas has banned motorcycle riders from carrying women on the back seat.

A group of women who are risking imprisonment to collect one million signatures on a petition demanding greater women’s rights in Iran were presented with the Anna Politkovskaya award for courage.

More on the fake hymen in Egypt.

The woman in Spain who was thrown out of a courtroom for refusing to lift her veil did so in order to testify. Via Euro-Islam.

A Missouri radio station looks at Islam in the Ozarks, and asks women about the hijab.

In Turkey, prosecutors have demanded life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murder of a woman allegedly by her father and uncle. May Allah give her peace and justice.

The Daily Mail sensationalizes a Saudi princess’s problems.

A historic pledge against female genital cutting takes place in Somalia.

Pedestrian highlights female officers’ participation in Iran’s Police Festival.

Islam in Europe reports on child marriages in Norway.

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