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Articles with tag: Hijab

Aqsa Pervez: The Casualty of Patriarchy

Haider Shah   Dec 21, 2007   interacts: 37

Why are other Aqsas being slapped, punched, kicked, abused, followed, spied on, coerced, threatened, blackmailed, kicked out and married away? Why?

Feminism Under Veil

Nikhat Rasool   Dec 3, 2007   interacts: 227

By observing the rule of ‘Hijab’, Muslim women make a statement about their identity and their equality as human beings.

Death of Aqsa Pervez: A reflection on Canadian Muslim-Pakistanis

Nauman Mir   Dec 16, 2007   interacts: 26

As parents, we need to understand and acknowledge that our children deserve even more understanding and support because they are caught between two distinct worlds.

Islam and Hijab-Murder in Canada

Tahir Qazi   Dec 15, 2007   interacts: 130

Gruesome murder of playful Pakistani Canadian kid in the hands of her father sends the poor soul to her grave and shock waves to the Canadian society.

Veil for vendetta

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 22, 2006   interacts: 82

If countries and society can (and should!) heap scorn at swastika-wearing neo-Nazis, so should they at people trying to make religious statements with hijabs and crosses, especially at schools.

The Veil Issue, Once Again

Aparna Pande   Oct 16, 2006   interacts: 24

Veils were worn by women in Europe during the Victorian era and earlier decades. Society did not institute a banning of veils, rather over a period of time society changed and the veil vanished. Similar is the case of the hijab and the burkha. Education,

Two Poems: Attention Please and Say What?

Fakhra Hassan   Apr 29, 2005   interacts: 25

'Take off your veil, woman!
you are drawing too much attention
Can you veil yourself without the veil?
Reveal without being revealed?'


Canada’s First Muslim Woman Member of Parliament: Why did the Media Miss the Story?

Tarek Fatah   Jul 30, 2004   interacts: 102

The media’s search for ’authentic’ Muslims

French Not the Only Offenders on Hijab

Tarek Fatah   Jan 21, 2004   interacts: 216

Are French and Saudi laws on Hijab flip sides of the same argument?

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