Christina Lamb writes for The Sunday Times about her collection of scarves that she’s amassed throughout her years as a foreign correspondent, and takes us through the stories behind some of them. Scarves are apparently the ‘must-have accessory of the moment’ too… (the fashion world is a little behind, n’est-ce pas?) You can read the article here .
Norway: After three weeks, woman’s body found Update on this story: Norway: Woman abducted Not really mentioned in the article, but I understand the 25 year old is Norwegian. There had been various theories during the past three weeks. One was that Faiza had ’set up’ her abduction.
Whilst few abaya brands today can really be described as ‘creative’ or ‘different’, I was interested to read this article about an Emirati designer who has come up with the concept of a ‘pantaloon abaya’. I’d definitely be interested to see what these look like! By Aimee Greaves Wednesday, February 10, 2010 An Emirati designer is changing the face of Arabic fashion by creating abayas based on trousers rather than the traditional dress. Lamya Abedin, the owner of Queen of Spades, started designing two-and-a-half years ago and has seen the popularity of her “pantaloon abayas” rocket in the past few months as Galeries Lafayette began stocking her designs in its The Dubai Mall store
By Yvonne Ridley “Why is there even a trial?” It was, of course, a rhetorical question and probably the most poignant and telling observation made during the opening proceedings against Dr Aafia Siddiqui in New York this week. It is a question I hope every US journalist and media group across the world keeps on asking every day as American tax dollars are squandered persecuting an innocent women for no other reason than someone is incapable of saying: “I made a mistake”
Stockholm: Fighting Islamic fundamentalism See also: * Sweden: Islamist radicalization, a problem denied * Sweden: Short skirts against women’s oppression My name is Kadaffi Hussein and I’m 25. Social Democratic Women’s chairwomen Nalin Pekgul wrote an article in DN Debatt on November 17 about my struggle to arrange parties with music in the Rinkeby community center. I came to Sweden from Somalia as an 11 year old, and live for several years in Rågsved
[This article is available in PDF format here ] The article covers the following topics: Image Courtesy of Flickr: King-slaveofALLAH Introduction Why do we Send Salawat on the Prophet? Meaning of ‘Salah’ and ‘Salaam’ How to Send Salawat Can we Send Salawat for the Prophet with those Traveling to Madinah?
Catalonia: Woman abducted, sentenced by Sharia court This article calls Shariah an “extremist version of the Islamic law”. It might be an attempt not to look “Islamophobic”, but that’s completely ridiculous. Shariah is Islamic law.
Obama and his pro-Islamic Department of Justice (DOJ), have stabbed the families of the Beirut bombing victims in the back. Just like he did the families of the 911 victims, when he had the DOJ fill a brief to shield the Saudi Royal Family from any 911 lawsuits. Any questions where his loyalties lie
The BBC have just published this article about Nadia Batool, an up-and-coming fashion designer who’s developing a new range for Muslim women in the UK. Muslim women can dress in line with both their faith and western styles according to an Essex fashion student
Once again Eric Holder has reached out to the Muslim community. Holder speaks of treating people equally. Then how about him and the rest of our leaders stop bowing down to Islam, and acting like Muslims are the most important people here in America
