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Friday Links — June 25, 2010

Friday Links — June 25, 2010

Last updated on: June 25, 2010 at 12:00 am by fatemeh

Friday Links — June 25, 2010 2010-06-25T00:00:07-04:00 fatemeh

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GetReligion examines The New York Times’ article about Saudi women fighting for guardianship.

A Somali woman resists community pressure to give up her daughter.

World Cup fever extends to abayas!

In Italy, a woman whose husband beat her has been hospitalized. May Allah keep her.

The Contra Costa Times profiles Moina Shaiq, a tireless advocate for the local Muslim community in Fremont, California.

An Australian Muslim woman has complained that she was told to remove her face veil during a job interview at a Northern Territory hospital.

The European Court of Human Rights rules against Turkey in a domestic violence case.

Ather Zia writes about how Kashmiri women are helping shape the country’s future.

Scotland’s leading Islamic scholar is launching an unprecedented campaign to place anti-domestic violence messages in Friday prayers at every mosque in the country.

A group of women in the West Bank this month launched one of the first all-women’s radio stations in the Arab world.

An Australian lawmaker introduces a burqa ban, which is rejected by the state’s premier.

Reporter Asma Halimi is slapped in the face by an Algerian soccer player after the U.S.-Algeria game.

Spain’s senate votes to ban the burqa.

Female Afghan soccer leagues train and play hard, inspired by the World Cup.

The National Post interviews an ex-Mossad agent about Muslim feminists, but no Muslim feminists. Seriously?!

Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has advised the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN) to adopt modern trend in their activities to propagate Islam.

Another flotilla has set sail for Gaza–this one full of female activists.

In Qom, Iran, authorities issue warnings against “bad hejab” to 62,000 women.

The decision to allow Egyptian women to recite the Qur’an in public is causing a bit of contention.

AllAfrica interviews one Somali refugee about her rape after her escape from Darfur her homeland.

Saudi women threaten to breastfeed their drivers.

Rochelle Terman writes about the minefield of working for Muslim women’s rights.

Good news for pray-ins: Washington, D.C. police will no longer intervene in an ongoing protest by Muslim women over their place in area mosques.

Iran’s national police chief said that the forces under his command “never” use force in countering immodest ethical behavior, dismissing claims that force is used in enforcing “proper” hijab. *side-eye*

The most thorough menstrual guide I’ve ever seen in a Muslim-majority-country media outlet.

Thousands of Kosovo Muslims have taken to the streets to protest a new ban, which forbids girls from wearing headscarves in public schools. More from the Montreal Gazette.

Saudi women act as ambassadors for changing stereotypes.

On the messages that FIFA’s ban on hijab sends.

If we’ve missed any news about Muslim women this week, please post links in the comments!

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