By uzzie on Muslim Lifestyle from www.washingtonpost.com
Bridging the gap for the “modest” or “Islamic” market are online vendors of Muslim-style and modest clothing, offering specialized designs in swimwear, sportswear and professional clothing. Previously, such items were available only from overseas Web sites and specialty stores.
By uzzie on Muslims from abcnews.go.com
Weightlifter Kulsoom Abdullah was on the brink of qualifiying for the American Open tournament last year when she was eliminated. It was not her training regimen, muscle strength or weight that kept her from competing. It was her clothes.
By uzzie on Opinion from www.time.com
For Muslims immigrants in America, the days following 9/11 were a harrowing encounter with fear-fueled American hate. IPod bearing, second-generation techies faced insults in Silicon Valley parking lots; schoolgirls wearing head scarves were attacked; and mosques across the country were vandalized or set ablaze. For many months, it seemed altogether unclear whether America's Muslims — from the cocktail-swilling secular to the mosque-attending pious — would ever live in their communities without 
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
Someone once said that a nation can wage perpetual war for perpetual peace. Absurd isn’t it? Well, recently a so-called progressive, democratic nation decided to “enforce freedom” by taking away a woman’s right to wear the niqab. The French ban on face veils, which took effect yesterday, legislates what a French citizen [...] 
By uzzie on Muslims from www.suhaibwebb.com
As I board the plane, I look out the window, getting ready for the ride of a lifetime. I know there is something different about this time. For some reason everyone is looking at me, thinking I am different, thinking that I am “the weird one”. I have a window seat; the seat gives a full view of the wing. The wing is elegantly painted in red, with black letters. Letters that spell out the name, Terry. The name brings back memories, memories that are unique, and make me who I am today. Flying in this airplane today reminds me of when I was flying through high school. Flying, while Muslim. 
By cricketguru on News from www.unitehere.org
ANAHEIM - A Muslim employee in Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel has been sent home from work with no pay for refusing to take off her hijab while working as a hostess in one of the hotel's restaurants. 
By IslamicExaminer on Everything Else from www.examiner.com
Many of the women who choose to wear al-hijab are quite courageous, intelligent, and contemporary. The people that say the Islamic head covering is "oppressive", do not know many hijabis or do not understand the true meaning of the word.
By Saladin on Politics from www.telegraph.co.uk
Wearing a burka can be empowering and dignified for Muslim women, one of the UK government's most senior female ministers said yesterday. By cricketguru on Politics from www.npr.org
It's a small piece of cloth that has become a political symbol.
By SuhaibWebb on Muslim Lifestyle from www.suhaibwebb.com
“I want to wear the hijab (headscarf) from Monday, Mum.
