Stories tagged "hijab"

Laura Agustín: France says Faiza Silmi can't be a citizen because she wears the niqab. She shouldn't be judged for her choice of clothing

BBC correspondent Magdi Abdelhadi looks at the rise of public displays of devotion, such as the zebiba or prayer mark, in Egypt.

I wrote before, about having doubts to vote, Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain, and I also included a page from Boston.com and a video from youtube to people to watch and read, it was about two Muslim girls who were barred from prime seats directly behind the cand

As an American citizen. I have to vote this November, for our new president, I thought Hilary Clinton will won the presidency, and I was ready to vote for her...

Barack Obama's campaign apologised today to two Muslim women who were moved from behind the podium at a rally in Detroit earlier this week because volunteers wanted to prevent headscarves appearing in photographs and TV shots.

First social news site that is dedicated to Muslims. Some good stuff on it too...

Women scurrying through the backstreets of a Middle Eastern city, the curves of their bodies covered in up to 10 layers of thick cloth and only their eyes visible to the outside world. But these women are not Muslims choosing to wrap themselves in full;

Why a woman wears the headscarf is her personal decision. It is important that those looking at the headscarf from outside the tradition keep an open mind – open enough to let the true reasons and motivations of Muslim women in,

The 16-year-old girl is in on life support.