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In 2002, Freeman filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Florida when the state's Department of Highway Safety suspended her license when she refused to be re-photographed without her veil. Her legal license was suspended without change in policy or law following the September 11, 2001 attacks .
According to some, men are not permitted to touch any part of the body of the women, whether she is Muslim or non-Muslim. [1] Others have ruled that Muslim men and women who are not immediate relatives may not, for instance, socialize in order to know each other with a handshake or any form of contact that involves physical contact. [2] [3] [4]
A notable development specific to the study of physics is that women in Muslim-majority countries enjoy significantly greater representation than their counterparts in the United States: in the US, women make up 21% of physics undergraduates and 20% of PhD students, while the equivalent figures for Muslim-majority nations are 60%+ and 47% ...
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I don’t think people usually envision a Muslim woman in that space. I think that the main challenge is having those conversations and getting people to a place where they stop seeing me just as a Muslim, but a fellow American and person of faith. Being Muslim and being American are compatible and go hand in hand.
The harem was that part of the house where the female members of the family and household lived. It was normally out of bounds to all males except the master of the house, his sons and perhaps a physician. [20] Here, young girls were familiarized with domestic activities [20] and were taught Islamic laws and values.
Salam also serves as the co-chair of the Annual Florida Muslim Capitol Day, [6] a statewide initiative to empower Florida Muslim communities and youth, to connect and have a voice in Tallahassee where policies and laws are passed. [7] Her background in grassroots activism has led her to work with the League of Women Voters in Broward. [8]
Leaders of the South Florida Muslim Federation call for an end to violence and urge warring parties to see the humanity in each other.