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  The wearing of head and especially face coverings by Muslim women has raised political issues in the West; see for example Hijab controversy in Quebec, Islamic dress controversy in Europe, Islamic scarf controversy in France, and United Kingdom debate over veils. How about wearing Swine flue Mask.

  Regular readers will know that I have long been concerned by the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist whose story is one of the murkiest in the whole of the “War on Terror.” Dr. Siddiqui disappeared with her three children in Karachi in March 2003, and for five years neither the US nor the Pakistani authorities acknowledged holding her, even …

Women on their obligations toward husband, in Tamil, based on Quran and Sunnah.

  IDB Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development “Promoting Women in Science”   Dear members of IDB Science Development Network   The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) established the IDB Prize for Women’s Contribution to Development in 2006 to enhance women’s participation in the socioeconomic development process.   The prize consists of a cash award of US$50,000 for an individual woman and …