Facecontrol.it/Shutterstock September 5, 2018 Islamophobia is preventing the empowerment of Muslim women repressed by political agendas Ayla Göl, Aberystwyth University From Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women are battling for their rights - but religion is not at fault.
Burqas and niqabs (pictured here) are often thought of as one type of dress in the UK. Smarta/Shutterstock August 10, 2018 Burqa comments like Boris Johnson’s are pushing Muslims to reassert their identity Nilufar Ahmed, Swansea University Muslim women and men are choosing to wear Islamic clothing in the face of rising religious hatred.
bodom/Shutterstock August 30, 2017 So few Muslim women wear the burqa in Europe that banning it is a waste of time Nilufar Ahmed, Swansea University Controlling what women wear won’t curtail terrrorism.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he finds the burqa “fairly confronting”. AAP/Alan Porritt October 1, 2014 Abbott fans the burqa debate he was trying to cool Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra A friend of mine bought a burqa when we were travelling in Afghanistan in 2002. She’s worn it perhaps once at drinks in Parliament House – before the garment became an issue - though not, as far as I am…