A Muslim woman who was forced to removed her hijab by Californian police has been awarded $85,000 (£65,000). Kirsty Powell filed a lawsuit against Long Beach City Council after she was made to take off her headscarf following her arrest in 2015. Ms Powell’s repeated requests to be dealt with by a female officer were […]
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Ibtihaj Muhammad, Sarah Al Attar, Aisha Al Balushi, Leila Rajabi, Doaa Al Ghobashi- aren’t just names of athletes in Olympics ’16. These are the names of women that have taken it upon themselves to change the way the World looks at women, particularly Muslim ones. They have tried to redefine, on the World stage, what
The term ‘hijabi’ draws a line between a Muslim girl who doesn’t wear hijab and a Muslim girl who does. Why should there be categorization when we are all Muslim sisters? This didn’t really mean much to me until some days after I started to wear the hijab, someone said to me “oh Khadija, you’re
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“Allah is beautiful and Allah loves beauty” is a line i’ve heard for women to force themselves to believe that they can remove hijab or beautify themselves with hijab on, going against the command’s of Allah SWT. Deep down i’m sure these women know that their arguement is in fact invalid, it’s a clear sign of weak iman.
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Twenty-two-year-old Joni Clarke, resident of southeast London, has decided to raise awareness of the abuse and discrimination that Muslim women face by making a short film. The film, My Freedom, My Right, features Clarke reciting a poem that recalls comments made to her because of her niqab.
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Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim. This article is the second in my “Hijab Series.” The previous article was “The Basics.” As there is much islamophobia targeting women who dress Islamically and general ignorance among both Muslims and non-Muslims regarding the hijab and other forms of Islamic dress, my intention is to do a series of articles on
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As of late I’ve been feeling myself go through a real style transformation – not just in the clothing itself, but also in philosophy. I’ve always been someone to dress up and make an effort when going out (even when running to 7-11 for a slurpee run) but those thrown together ensembles, while gallant in
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