Canada groups take legal action in a bid to overthrow Quebec’s niqab ban
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 08 November 2017| 18 Safar 1439 Two Canadian groups have asked a court to overturn a new Quebec law that bans observant Muslim women from wearing…
Austria’s ‘Burqa Ban’ claims an unusual victim
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 11 October 2017| 20 Muharram 1439 An Austrian law that forbids any kind of full-face covering including Islamic veils has claimed an unusual victim — a…
Tajikstan passes law ‘to stop Muslim women wearing hijabs’
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|14 September 2017|23 Dhul Hijjah 1438 ‘Everyone looks at them with concern, worried that they could be hiding something,’ says Minister of Culture Legislation requiring people to “stick…
Egypt ministry backtracks on allowing burkinis
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 15 August 2017| 22 Zhul Qadha 1438 Summertime is when the debate on whether burkinis are allowed in Egyptian resorts heats up. In Egypt, where many…
Muslim woman attacked on London Underground #HateCrime
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 17 July 2017| 22 Shawaal 1438 A young Muslim woman was attacked on the London Underground by a man who tried to pull her hijab off,…
After acid attack, Muslim residents of east London now afraid to leave their homes
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 04 July 2017| 09 Shawaal 1438 A spate of acid attacks has left some Muslim residents of east London afraid to leave their homes.Fears have been…
Austria passes law forbidding full-face Islamic veils in public
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 18 May 2017| 21 Shabaan 1438 Austria’s parliament has approved a package of measures that outlaws distributing the Quran and wearing traditional Islamic full-face veils in public.…
Just do it, Hijabi Style: Modest sportswear unveiled
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 08 March 2017| 09 Jumadul Akhir 1438 The Nike Pro Hijab may have been more than a year in the making, but its impetus can be…
Non-Muslims show solidarity with Muslim women on #WorldHijabDay
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 02 February 2017| 04 Jumadul ula 1438 International event invites people outside the faith to don hijab, support rights of Muslim women In the wake of…
Muslim woman founded the first university in the world
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 19 January 2017| 20 Rabi ul Aakir 1438 At a time when women were deprived of their rights to education and inheritance elsewhere in the world…