Sexuality

A comment piece by Minette Marrin entitled, "Let us pray we have an end to faith schools."

Canada: Is covering women's faces feminism? Wearing the Muslim veil conveys exclusion

From a hard knot of contradictions a further thread has unravelled, and the most preposterous rationalization of all, particularly coming out of the mouths of men - that the niqab is a feminist declaration.

Egypt: Behind the veil

The hijab survived the controversy it once generated because it is a milder form of modesty. Allow me to mention that our mothers and sisters didn't feel the need to wrap their heads or cover their faces and still maintained their modesty in public.

Marieme Hélie-Lucas on 'Veil-S'

Whoever today does not add an S to 'veil' and, even worse, refers to ‘The Islamic Veil' (singular), wittingly or unwittingly, promotes the fundamentalist agenda. In these troubled times of history, I have become finicky about concepts and epistemology, writes sociologist and founder of WLUML, Marieme Hélie-Lucas

Morocco: Morocco moves to drop headscarf

Morocco is making major changes to religious education, in particular regarding whether young girls should wear headscarves.

Canada: WLUML dress codes exhbition in Calgary from 13-29 September

Please join us for a reception for the WLUML exhibition "Dress codes & modes - women’s dress in some Muslim countries and communities," on 28 September, 5.30-7.30pm in the EVDS Gallery of the University of Calgary.

Malaysia: Headscarves and Muslim identity

Headscarves can elicit many questions. Shazeera Ahmad Zawawi, a 27-year-old female Malaysian Muslim, fields them all the time.

Iraq: Gays flee Iraq as Shia death squads find a new target

The country is seeing a sudden escalation of brutal attacks on what are being called the 'immorals' - homosexual men and children as young as 11 who have been forced into same-sex prostitution.

Canada: WLUML dress codes exhibition in Montreal - 3 to 24 August

Please join us for a unique cultural and political exhibit ""Dress codes & modes - women’s dress in some Muslim countries and communities."

Iran: Iran's fashion police put on a show of chadors to stem west's cultural invasion

They are unlikely to grace any catwalk or adorn the figures of supermodels, but the latest in Islamic fashions got top billing from Iran's religious authorities in an exhibition and countering the influence of western clothing.