By Ariana Monique Salazar and Scott Gardner A Danish law that took effect in August makes it illegal for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils – such as burqas or niqabs – in public. Austria, Belgium and France, as well as parts of Italy and Spain, have enacted similar laws in recent years, Continue Reading
Prison treatment of Muslim woman called into question
By Mike Martindale Farmington Hills — The Council on American Islamic Relations in Michigan filed two civil rights complaints Wednesday against the Michigan Department of Corrections regarding allegations that a pregnant woman’s rights are being violated at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Continue Reading
Onstage, A Revealing Perspective of Muslim Women
By Christopher Wallenberg Rohina Malik was attending a friend’s wedding some 15 years ago when the realities of post-9/11 America rocked her world. A Chicago-based theater artist and practicing Muslim, she was heading inside the banquet hall when a man, a guest from a different wedding next door, Continue Reading
California Mosque Led By Women Opens Doors to All By Lisa Fernandez
The second mosque in the United States led solely by women held its inaugural service in California on Friday, but unlike a Los Angeles congregation that opened two years ago, the new female-led Muslim house of worship in Berkeley is open to both genders. The Qal’bu Maryam Women’s Mosque “is a Continue Reading