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Women and Islam: Pushes and Pulls From All Directions

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● December 5, 2007

Women’s eNews launched an eight-part series exploring how Muslim women manage customs, religious practices and women’s rights. This series is supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Political Battles Over Veils Arouse Italians

By Clara Park ● Politics ● September 4, 2007

Two bills regarding the Islamic veil pending in the Italian parliament are a symbol of the country’s increasing focus on the assimilation of immigrants. Stories of fundamentalism are spurring public debate over the condition of Muslim women.

Muslim Women Build International Network

By Shahnaz Habib ● Politics ● July 7, 2007

Muslim women, who will meet in Malaysia later this year, are pursuing a 10-year plan for advancing women’s worldwide leadership within Islam. Seventh in a series on women changing religious institutions and practices.

Igric Shines Bright Light on Dark Balkan Stories

By Laura J. Winter ● Arts & Culture ● March 2, 2006

The Balkans is a fractured region, still mending from years of ethnic and sectarian war and a media saddled by tycoons peddling nationalistic views. Gordana Igric is determined to bring the Balkans together through a truer, independent journalism.

Teacher Learns Heart-to-Heart at a Mosque

By Aninka Martek ● Uncategorized ● June 17, 2005

Every summer school teachers around the nation take CPR classes as part of emergency readiness training. An instructor learns that much more than the lesson is shared while she teaches an all-female group at a mosque in California.

Ebadi Says Women’s Rights True Test of Democracy

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer ● Employment ● May 25, 2004

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi said in a major speech yesterday that women’s rights is a fundamental precursor to ending the wars afflicting the globe.

Iraq’s Shiite Mosques Reach out to Women

By Ashraf Khalil ● Uncategorized ● March 12, 2004

Women’s religious education classes in Shiite mosques are gaining momentum and new students in Iraq. But activists there question whether newfound Shiite freedoms in the country will serve to empower women.

Isolation Awaits French Girls in Headscarves

By Kimberly Conniff Taber ● Uncategorized ● March 5, 2004

The French law banning headscarves and other visible religious symbols takes effect next September. But for some female Muslim teens who choose to wear the scarf, school is becoming such a zone of harassment that they are staying home.

Muslims Must Face Up to Women’s Mistreatment

By Por Alison Bowen ● Uncategorized ● November 12, 2003

Our commentator argues that the events surrounding this Ramadan compel Muslim men to put aside interpretations of Islamic laws that repress women.

Report Says Women Targeted during India’s Violence

By Barbara Crossette ● Politics ● May 28, 2002

A multi-ethnic delegation finds that rape and sexual violence against women are prevalent in the recent surges of unbridled violence between India’s Muslims and Hindus.