The Many Faces of Islam | RIA Novosti
#islam #womensrights #europe According to Alexander Ignatenko 2011, “Yevgeny Shestakov’s Discussion Club: A joint project of Rossiiskaya Gazeta and the Valdai International Discussion Club
As Muslims become an increasingly prominent part of Europe’s social landscape, sociologists and politicians try to understand how non-Muslim Europeans feel about Islam, as well as what Muslim communities make of the continent’s native values and lifestyles.
As a result of globalization, a burka-clad girl from some backwater Afghan or Turkish village can now find herself inhabiting the same space as female college student in Paris sporting a bare midriff. What role does Islam play in the West today? Is its influence possible to manage?” Read more > http://en.rian.ru/valdai_op/20110128/162344419.html
Tantawi: Niqab is not Islamic | St Francis Magazine
Muslim Woman in Yemen
According to Stringer 2009, “Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, said full-face veiling (niqab) is merely a tradition that has nothing to do with the Islamic faith.” http://stfrancismagazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/tantawi-niqab-is-not-islamic.html #stfrancismagazine #muslim #islam #sheikhtantawi @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
The Islamic Veil Across Europe | BBC News
Muslim Women (Photo BBC News 2010)
According to the BBC News 2010, “Countries across the continent have wrestled with the issue of the Muslim veil – in various forms such as the body-covering burka and the niqab, which covers the face apart from the eyes.” Continued here > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5414098.stm (With a Muslim headscarf display) #bbcnews #muslim #islam #ramadan #hijab #niqab #burka #shayla #khimar #al-amira @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
