This is the moment when a brave archery champion risks it all by accepting an award without her hijab on in Iran. Parmida Ghasemi spurned the mandatory headscarf as she stood on the podium to receive her winner's medal during the closing ceremony of the Persian Gulf Cup in Tehran…
CEN/@deessegrr This is the viral moment a pretty young French woman claims that her group - and another group described as "English" - have just been turned away from a posh Parisian restaurant because some of them were wearing headscarves. The woman indicated that the restaurant claimed to have a…
Story By: Lee Bullen,Sub Editor: Joseph Golder,Agency: Asia Wire Report A Muslim woman has had a pin removed from her left lung after accidentally swallowing the fastener while clenching it in her teeth as she put on her headscarf. The incident took place in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur where it is common for women…
Story By: Angjela Trajkovska, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: AsiaWire Report This nine-month-old baby girl is receiving treatment after being rushed to hospital when she swallowed her mother’s headscarf pin. The incident took place in the small town of Ajil in the constitutive state of Terengganu in Malaysia, when the 33-year-old mother, identified as Noor Amira, was driving…
Story By: Aleksandra Stefanova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A Muslim woman who complained she was turned down for a teaching job because she wanted to wear her headscarf in class has been awarded compensation. The German state of Berlin has been ordered by the State Labour Court of Berlin-Brandenrburg to…