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As Islamophobia Rises, All Muslim Girls Impacted

By Fareen Ali ● Teen Voices ● December 5, 2016

Even Muslim teen girls who don’t wear religious clothing have to deal with Islamophobia. One teen used to spend hours arguing with people until “I gradually realized that people are going to be ignorant no matter what.”

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Sahar Ishtiaque Ullah, co-founder of the Hijabi Monologue

Muslim Women Tap the Power of Telling Their Own Stories

By Saher Khan ● Arts & Culture ● June 8, 2016

The Hijabi Monologues uses entertainment while other programs take a different approach, but the goal is the same: to share the diverse lived experiences of Muslim women.

Overturn of Canada’s Niqab Ban Reignites Controversy

By Juhie Bhatia ● Arts & Culture ● September 25, 2015

In multiculturalist Canada, which faces federal elections next month, Muslim women and the ban on wearing a face veil during citizenship ceremonies are in the vortex of political controversy. The courts declared the niqab ban unlawful; those for the ban are fighting on.

For Catholic Women Like Me, Pope Brings Hope

By Angela Bonavoglia ● Arts & Culture ● September 17, 2015

Does it really matter Yes, because we are all subject to a medieval theology of women on which Catholic Church leaders, including Pope Francis, base their promotion of public policies that compromise women’s health and lives around the world.

Amani al-Khatahtbeh at a rally against the visit of Israel's prime minister in early March 2015

MuslimGirl Founder Says Islam Is Feminist

By Hajer Naili ● Culture ● March 25, 2015

Amani al-Khatahtbeh, a veiled, Muslim, feminist, started her own online publication when she was in high school in New Jersey. “The most important thing for the movement,” she says, “is to take a step back and empower women to speak for themselves.”

Pope Dodges Birth Control Issue in Philippines

By Iris Gonzoles ● Arts & Culture ● February 2, 2015

Pope Francis leaves his pro-family, anti-poverty message echoing in the Philippines, where poor families forgo artificial birth control and migrant workers feel compelled to leave their homes and travel overseas into the hands of powerful employers.

Holy and Unholy Misogyny; I See Them Linked Now

By Emily Nielsen Jones & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● December 30, 2014

Religious faith and pornography should never have gotten intertwined in my mind. But something bad that happened last summer has made me consider the unsavory links between patriarchy in its “holy” and egregiously unholy forms.

Muslims Say French Feminism Shuts Them Out

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● November 3, 2014

Muslim women’s rights activists say Islam and feminism are often viewed as an impossible combination in western countries. “Muslim feminists are denied existence here,” says one woman.

French Muslims Confront Menace Beneath Ban of Veil

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 27, 2014

For generations France made little effort to include newcomers from its former colonies in North Africa, say critics. Now, two recent bans against religious veiling put French Muslim girls and women at the center of the country’s simmering immigration debate.

French Veil Ban Is Turning Muslim Women Off, Away

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 21, 2014

Tired of the polarizing effects of wearing the hijab after a 2004 ban and two more that followed, Muslim women in France are struggling to cope with a scarcity of social acceptance. Among the dozen women interviewed, some are thinking of leaving for good.