A DISPUTE between FIFA and Iranian and Jordanian women soccer players over the right to wear religious Muslim headdresses during matches is expanding as it spreads across the Atlantic. A Canadian soccer referee, Sarah Benkirane, was barred this week by Quebec’s Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association because she wears a hijab, a religious headdress [...]
By SARA BOKKER I AM an American woman who was born in the midst of America's "Heartland." I grew up, just like any other girl, being fixated with the glamour of life in "the big city." Eventually, I moved to Florida and on to South Beach of Miami, a hotspot for those seeking the "glamorous [...]
By DR. AHMED SHOKER CIC Friday Magazine QUEBEC Premier Jean Charest's government recently announced its commitment to secularism and gender equality and proposed legislation (Bill 94) that essentially bans the niqab -- a face veil worn by a very few Muslim women -- from all government bodies. Under common Islamic interpretations, however, this bill is [...]
PARIS -France's highest administrative body warned Tuesday that a total prohibition on full-body Islamic veils in public risks being found unconstitutional in a setback to President Nicolas Sarkozy's goal of an all-out ban. Even a limited ban on the full-body veil would be difficult to enforce, the Council of State said in a study of [...]
ABU YAHYA A MUSLIM sister was recently expelled from a French language course for the second time in Quebec for wearing the niqab. Western countries preach the right of personal freedom yet when faced with accommodating Muslims, they renege on the very principals upon which their society was built. Using only Islam as the basis, [...]
By ABDUSSALAM PUTHIGE THE daily, Kannada Prabha (Kannada language, Karnataka, India) carried an article titled ‘Purda hai Purda’ in its magazine section on 28th February 2010. It was an article originally authored by Tasleema Nasreen and translated to Kannada by Sindhu. The article was full of provocative element and derogatory remarks against many Muslim beliefs, [...]
Following article is written by a Jewish Scholar from Los Angeles, first published in Jewish Journal. We are reproducing the article here to compare his stand (opposing the ban on burqa) with Sheikh Mohammad Sayed Tantawi, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University and Maulana Waheeduddin Khan, self-acclaimed Islamic Scholar of India who supported the burqa ban [...]
CALGARY: When you want to relax or take a much-needed vacation, do you search for the solace of a pristine lake or secluded cabin — or do you head for the city? Does your city, like nature, have a soul? These were the questions posed by Bill Phipps, a retired reverend from Calgary who was [...]
OVER the past few months, the niqab has once again been thrust into the political and media spotlight in various countries
WESTERN civilization has sunk itself deeper in the gutter of secularism. In the name of equality, State of Colorado passed a law which will make all public accommodation – malls, restaurants, schools, small and even home businesses gender free.
