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Muslim Women

After Brexit vote, hate crimes are on the rise
Article
/ 18 October 2017

After Brexit vote, hate crimes are on the rise

Britain’s Home Office reports that after the EU referendum in June 2016, hate crimes against Britons of ethnic or religious minorities rose by 29%.

By Al Jazeera
Letters to the editor: October 13 to 19 2017
Article
/ 13 October 2017

Letters to the editor: October 13 to 19 2017

Readers write in about the the DA’s unwillingness to march for Muslim women, the Kenyan elections and SAPS explains why they need the SANDF.

By Letters
Muslim feminism beyond driving
Article
/ 3 October 2017

Muslim feminism beyond driving

The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.

By Staff Reporter
​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are
Article
/ 10 February 2017

​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are

More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.

By Carl Collison
​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are
Article
/ 7 February 2017

​Queer Muslim women are making salaam with who they are

More and more women are accepting that they can be themselves and devout followers of Islam.

By Carl Collison
Take solace in the divine
Article
/ 29 August 2014

Take solace in the divine

Believing that whatever’s happened, happened because there is a God carried this Muslim woman through 3 divorces and into an NGO that changes lives.

By Fatima Asmal
Who needs warrior women?
Article
/ 15 May 2014

Who needs warrior women?

The willingness to accept spoon-fed versions of the truth has limited the role of women in Islam, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

By Staff Reporter
French woman to fight burka ban in court
Article
/ 25 November 2013

French woman to fight burka ban in court

European judges will hear the case of a French woman who claims the country’s highly contentious ban on full-face veils violates her rights.

By Staff Reporter
Headscarves raise hackles
Article
/ 20 January 2012

Headscarves raise hackles

Rude and embarrassing treatment by passport officials over religious dress upsets local Muslims.

By Fatima Asmal Motala
Ban thinly veiled Islamophobia
Article
/ 20 April 2011

Ban thinly veiled Islamophobia

Can you imagine a law in South Africa prohibiting Muslim women from wearing the veil?

By Staff Reporter
Compromise needed to protect Muslim women
Article
/ 1 April 2011

Compromise needed to protect Muslim women

The Muslim Marriages Bill, which seeks to regularise and regulate Muslim marriages, has been characterised by extensive consensus building.

By Shuaib Manjra
Sharia must be preserved
Analysis
/ 1 April 2011

Sharia must be preserved

The draft Muslim Marriages Bill has caused waves in the Muslim community and support for the legal process has not been unqualified.

By Yusuf Patel
Arab women: the powers that be
Article
/ 18 March 2011

Arab women: the powers that be

Saida Sadouni does not conform to the typical image of an Arab revolutionary.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 March 2011

Marriage Bill causes rift among Muslims

The split in South Africa’s Muslim community over the Muslim Marriages Bill is deepening.

By Ilham Rawoot

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