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  2. Hijabophobia - Wikipedia

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    In a nutshell, Muslim women veils interfere with the culture of Western communities as being a symbol of extremism, backwardness, and oppression. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Political scientist Vincent Geisser argues that hijabophobia became more widespread after the September 11 attacks , as evidenced by the number of laws regulating and restricting the ...

  3. Women in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Other Muslim-majority states with notably more women university students than men include Kuwait, where 41% of females attend university compared with 18% of males; [149] Bahrain, where the ratio of women to men in tertiary education is 2.18:1; [149] Brunei Darussalam, where 33% of women enroll at university vis à vis 18% of men; [149] Tunisia ...

  4. Persecution of Muslims - Wikipedia

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    Fires set by Tibetans which burned the apartments and shops of Muslims resulted in Muslim families being killed and wounded in the 2008 mid-March riots. Due to Tibetan violence against Muslims, the traditional Islamic white caps have not been worn by many Muslims. Scarfs were removed and replaced with hairnets by Muslim women in order to hide.

  5. Nine Parts of Desire - Wikipedia

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    Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women (1994) is a non-fiction book by Australian journalist Geraldine Brooks, based on her experiences among Muslim women of the Middle East. It was an international bestseller, translated into 17 languages.

  6. Islam and domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    Domestic violence among the Muslim community is considered a complicated human rights issue due to varying legal remedies for women by the nations where they live, the extent to which they have support or opportunities to divorce their husbands, cultural stigma to hide evidence of abuse, and inability to have abuse recognized by police or the ...

  7. The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom ...

  8. Islamic feminism - Wikipedia

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    Muslim Women's Quest for Equality is an Indian activist group that petitioned the Supreme Court of India against the practices of talaq-e-bidat (triple talaq), nikah halala and polygyny under the Muslim personal laws as being illegal and unconstitutional [62] [63] in September 2016.

  9. Woman has explosive reaction after being told 'Muslim women ...

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