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Around 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year – and most of them are women. Six of them talk about prejudice, peace and praying in car parks Ioni Sullivan: 'In my heart, I began to consider myself a Muslim.' Photograph: Felicity McCabe for the Guardian Ioni Sullivan, local authority worker, 37, East Sussex I'm married to a Muslim and …

Source: http://www.alternet.org/ Company claimed the headscarf violated their "Look Policy" marketing strategy. September 9, 2013  |     SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – Abercrombie & Fitch violated federal law by firing a Muslim woman for wearing a head scarf as her religion requires, a federal judge has ruled. As a Muslim woman, Umme-Hani Khan wears a head scarf, also known as a …

A British model and mom is ditching her life of posing in lingerie for one of modesty and obedience as a Muslim wife, said U.K. reports on Monday. “Meeting Mohammed has made me really look at my life,” Carley Watts, a model who regularly bares almost all for publications such as Elite Online Magazine, told the Sun about her lifeguard …

London, UK – The largest Muslim Women’s Conference in Europe took place on Sunday 23rd June 2013 in London, UK. “Seeds of Change”, organised by the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA). Giving some of the most influential Muslim women in the UK an unprecedented platform, this dynamic one-day conference – created by women for women – inspired, educated and energised …

  Women have led Muslim congregations in China for generations, but their tradition’s success may be its own undoing   Imam Guo Dong Ping, center, prays at a mosque in the village of Sangpo, Henan province. The women of Sangpo know well they are the guardians of a 300-year-old custom that sets them apart in Islam and they are increasingly …