Hijab

'Some Things Can't Be Covered': Saudi Arabia's First Anti-Domestic Abuse Advert

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Gender Equality, Islam, UK News, Hijab, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Women, Sharia Law, Feminism, King Khalid Charitable Foundation, Domestic Violence, UK Religion, Domestic Abuse, UK News

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued its first anti-domestic abuse advert. The advert features a hijab-clad woman – with just her eyes visibl...

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Justin Bieber Fans 'Convert To Islam' To Win Concert Tickets

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Bishop Halvor Nordhaug, Islam, UK News, Justin Bieber Fans Convert to Islam, Hijab, Justin Bieber Gay, Anne Kat, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Beliebers, UK Religion, Justin Bieber, UK News

Five teenage girls have unwittingly taken part in a spoof TV show which saw them “convert to Islam” in order to receive Justin Bieber concert tick...

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'Hijab Should Be As Welcome In England As Bangers And Mash'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Bangers and Mash, UK News, Hijab, St George's Day, Christianity, Muslims, UK Islam, UK Religion, St. George, UK News

The hijab should be as welcome as "bangers and mash" in England, a coalition of religious groups and campaigners have said, in an appeal for unity to ...

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French Court Ruling Reignites 'Laicite' Vs Headscarf Debate

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education

France's distinctive take on secularism is once again making headlines. A sacred virtue of the ‎Republic, it is unquestionable within the hexagon where political careers are built on its defence. ‎But a recent case is causing controversy.

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'Femen Are True Feminists But They Have Insulted Muslims': Topless Tunisian Activist Amina Tyler Speaks

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Islamophobia, Polls, Islam, Video, Arab Spring, UK News, Hijab, Inna Shevchenko, Topless Jihad, Topless Jihad Day, Muslimah Pride, Racism, Amina Tyler, Muslim Women Against Femen, Facebook, Feminism, UK Religion, Femen, UK News

UPDATE: Amina Tyler: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten, Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family (VIDEO) A Tunisian activist, who was ...

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Topless in the Country of Hijab?

Inna Shevchenko | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Islamophobia, Jihad, Religion, Women's Issues, Tunisia, Hijab, Amina, Muslim, Feminism, UK Religion, Femen, UK Lifestyle News

So, sisters, (I prefer to talk to women anyway, even knowing that behind them are bearded men with knives). You say to us that you are against Femen, but we are here for you and for all of us, as women are the modern slaves and it's never a question of colour of skin.

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'Sisters, Until The Moment There Are No Stones, Bullets Or Blood In Your Religion, We Will Fight It'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Polls, Islamophobia, Islam, UK News, Arab Spring, Inna Shevchenko, Hijab, Topless Jihad, Topless Jihad Day, Muslimah Pride, Amina Tyler, Racism, Muslim Women Against Femen, Facebook, Feminism, UK Religion, Femen, UK News

UPDATE: 'Femen Are True Feminists But They Have Insulted Muslims': Topless Tunisian Activist Amina Tyler Speaks In the wake of the "topless jihad" ...

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'We Want To Expose Femen For The Islamophobes & Imperialists They Are!': Muslimah Pride Step Up

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Islam, Inna Shevchenko, Hijab, Topless Jihad Day, Amina Tyler, Poll, Facebook, Feminism, Femen, Islamophobia, UK News, Arab Spring, Topless Jihad, Muslimah Pride, Racism, Muslim Women Against Femen, UK Religion, UK News

UPDATE: 'Femen Are True Feminists But They Have Insulted Muslims': Topless Tunisian Activist Amina Tyler Speaks'Sisters, Until The Moment There Are ...

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(WATCH) FEMEN Inspires Topless Protest Against Hijab In Sweden

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK

Read More: Video, UK News, Hijab, Hijab Protest, Organization Against Violence on Women in Iran, Iranian Communist Party, Topless Protest, Femen, UK News

Warning: The video and images in this article contain nudity Iranian activists inspired by feminist group FEMEN have taken to the streets of Stockh...

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Baroness Warsi Was Right - Anti-Muslim Prejudice Seems to Be Increasingly Acceptable

Fiyaz Mughal | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Islam, Hijab, Muslims, Islamophobia, Anti-Muslim, Faith, Baroness Warsi, Hate Crime, UK Conservative Party, UK Politics, Niqab, UK Religion, UK Politics News

This Coalition Government has made a bold step in trying to counter hate crimes through better community based information. It has supported the Tell Mama project and realises the far reaching consequences of anti-Muslim prejudice

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Parents Sue School For Banning Nine-Year-Old From Wearing Hijab

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK

Read More: UK News, Headscarves, Hijab, Hijab Ban, Muslim Headscarves Ban, UK Islam, St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy, School Hijab Ban, UK Religion, UK News

A Muslim family is to sue a Greek Orthodox School in Croydon after it refused to allow their nine-year-old daughter to wear a headscarf - arguing that...

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'Leftie Multicultural Cr*p' it Was Not - But Did the Opening Ceremony Give Us the Legacy of Diversity That We Need?

Malory Nye | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Islam, Opening Ceremony, Hijab, Inclusion, Scotland, London Olympics, Emeli Sande, Danny Boyle, London, Multiculturalism, Diversity, Aiden Burley, UK Sport News

The 2012 London Olympic games were born in the melting pot of multiculturalism. As we were reminded on Friday, the tragedy of 7/7 happened on the day after the announcement of the success of the London bid. The London games arrived in 2005 with the London bombings. Thankfully, we have come a long way since then.

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The Sexual Exploitation of Underage White Girls: If It's Not About Race What Is It About?

Adele Wilde-Blavatsky | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

Read More: Islam, Aljazeera, Forced Marriage, Hijab, Rochdale-Grooming, Rochdale Sexual Abuse Case, Sex Trafficking, Fgm, Feminism, Lover Boys, Muslim Feminists, UK News

Race crime has been in the headlines again. This time, two reports of men from predominantly Muslim communities, sexually exploiting and raping underage white girls.

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Is the 'Hijab' Discriminatory to Women?

Dr Tasmia Mesbahuddin | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Feminists, Quran, Islam, Patriarchy, Gender Discrimination, Muslims, Hijab, Agency, Religion, UK Lifestyle, UK Women, Feminism, UK Lifestyle News

Let's not fool ourselves, we only have to open the news these days to see horrific articles about women being raped, date raped, molested and faced with a deluge of sexual abuses for their appearances (I mean we have to be a certain shape, size or else we lose our appeal to the opposite sex!). So on that note I find my hijab a very liberating experience.

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When Anti-Racism Becomes Anti-Woman: The 'Privileging' of Race above Gender

Adele Wilde-Blavatsky | Posted 30.06.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Islamaphobia, Muslim Women, Hijab, Shaima Alawadi, France Burqas, Burqa Ban, Feminism, Muslim Feminists, Maryam-Namazie, Fadela Amara, Human Rights, Female Genital Mutilation, UK Women, UK Politics News

Has the anti-racist debate really become so closed-minded, divisive and fearful? That a white person cannot question any practice or ideology, if it is prevalent amongst people of colour? Does that mean to criticise porn one has to be a porn star? To criticise rape one has to have been raped?

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The Islamic Hijab: Is it Really as Oppressive as We Think?

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 15.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: France, Europe, Quran, Islam, Muslims, Hijab, America, Religion, Muslim Women, Islamic Women, Faith, Women. Women's Rights, Race Relations, UK Lifestyle News

Over the last few decades, the steady immigration of Muslims from around the world to America and across Europe, has thrown the spotlight on the hijab. Many Americans and Europeans are surprised to find that contrary to what they believe, a large number of Muslim women do not wear the hijab out of compulsion but out of choice.

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