By: Raja El Habti “The recent French law banning visible religious signs that display a student’s religious affiliation in public schools has unleashed heated debates on wearing the Islamic headscarf/veil/hijab…
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…month at most, she determined that we would be back that afternoon to eat with the family. Considering that food is cheap in Penang (prior to meeting the family, Nur…
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While France increases its bans on Muslim women’s dress, international sports agencies like FIBA decide whether a headscarf wearing woman is “valid” enough to play basketball. Women today are stripped,…
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…Mississipi. The Sovereignty Commission used some of the same practices that are controversial today: infiltration of peaceful nonviolent civic organizations, collection of dossiers (often with false information), and tapping phones,…
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…a brighter future. Though the exact numbers remain murky, at least 12,000 civilian women and children have been killed since the conflict began nearly three years ago. This number may…
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…over an American courtroom; Master in Chancery at Circuit Court for Baltimore City Our moderator will be Arshi Siddiqui, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. GET TICKETS HERE…
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…to learn about and from each other. And most urgently, we need to resist the cheap demagoguery that seeks to generate and mine religious tension for short-term political advantage.” Download…
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…in eminent danger, rape or other sexual offences, stalking and false imprisonment.” KARAMAH receives phone calls from women around the world seeking help for DV situations. We provide legal help…
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…risks discriminating against the world’s roughly 800 million Muslim women who may observe a headscarf—further alienating them from basketball. Likewise, it risks discriminating against women from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Sabien,…
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…on the youth which is evident in the numbers of Muslim American youth being bullied, profiled and hurt everyday. “The message is clear—Muslim Americans are the ‘other.’” “We seem to…
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