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Belittled by burqa row, British Muslims fear rise in hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Poll: Majority of Austrians against Muslim women wearing headscarves
(Breitbart) A poll in Austria shows that less than half of Austrians are willing to tolerate a cityscape dominated by women wearing headscarves while a vast majority also condemn migrants who refuse to integrate. The new poll shows that only 42 percent […]
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Husband and wife explore how gender affects their experience as Muslims Being Muslim: The Gendered Experience is a discussion presented by Vancouver Biennale
(CBC) A husband-and-wife team are hosting a discussion Saturday aimed at exploring how gender shapes their experience as Muslims. The discussion, titled Being Muslim: The Gendered Experience, is part of the Vancouver Biennale — a bi-annual city-wide public art exhibition. The discussion will be a safe space for interested people to share […]
Children & Teens
Muslim Advocates issues cease-and-desist letter to Wilmington over pool issue
(Delaware News Journal) Muslim Advocates, a national legal advocacy organization, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Wilmington demanding an investigation into alleged discrimination at a public pool, training for staff and actions “to remedy the harm to the community.” The letter, sent Thursday, comes […]
Children & Teens
After asking Muslim swimmers to leave pool, manager claims ‘no discrimination’
(Delaware News Journal) A Wilmington pool manager, under fire for asking children in an Arabic summer camp to exit the pool for wearing cotton, disputed on Monday accusations that her actions were discriminatory. Glenda Pinkett, a seasonal city employee, acknowledged there is no […]
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Wilmington reviewing why Muslim children were asked to leave public pool
(Delaware News Journal) After several children in an Arabic summer camp were asked to leave a public pool, ostensibly for wearing cotton while swimming, Wilmington officials will review the city’s pool rules and their enforcement. A meeting planned for Monday follows an apology from […]
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Muslim swimmers asked to leave Wilmington public pool; mayor apologizes
(Delaware News Journal) It’s the fourth year Tahsiyn A. Ismaa’eel has taken children, participants in her summer Arabic enrichment program, to the Foster Brown public pool in Wilmington. But this year marked the first time some of her elementary schoolers were asked […]
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Ventura County denies pulling off woman’s head-covering in response to civil rights suit
(Ventura County Star) In a response filed Wednesday to a federal lawsuit, the County of Ventura said a local Muslim woman’s head-covering was “gently and respectfully” removed for security reasons while she was in jail custody and denied her allegations it was stripped from her. Attorneys for the county […]
Academics & Education
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of ‘entitlement’ in hijab row (LINK ONLY)
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Catholic board changes no ‘head scarves’ wording in dress code The wording was only brought to the board's attention Thursday after someone noticed it
(CBC) Hamilton’s Catholic school board is changing the wording of its summer school dress code after years of saying no “head scarves” on its printed form. Duraid Al-Jailawi says his wife noticed the wording Wednesday when the form was handed to her […]
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Controlling father enslaved his teenage daughter and hit her with a vacuum cleaner (LINK ONLY)
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