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British politics has cast Muslim women as a visible threat. No matter who wins the UK election, Muslim women will end up the losers, writes Nadeine Asbali.
Australia’s first festival bringing together diverse Muslim women is a radical disruption to the violence meted out against the community, especially considering 85% of Islamophobic abuse is targeted at veiled Muslim women, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah.
The long racist history of silencing Muslim women can be traced back to early orientalist texts. Today, they are used by Western leaders to justify international horrors and forced to be extensions of state surveillance, writes Mariya bin Rehan.
Muslim women have always resisted the chokehold of Western colonial modernity and continue to fight back against perpetual cycles of racist political legislation that still prominently feature nationwide in France, writes Yasmine Kherfi.
Comment: Labour parliamentary candidate Faiza Shaheen's religion and ethnic background apparently make her partly responsible for anything related to Muslims, writes Malia Bouattia.
Comment: The French state is pushing Muslim women into the home and out of active political and social life, writes Malia Bouatttia.
'No chocolate?' Muslim women hit back at allegations that Islam is sexist because they cannot fast when they are on their period.
Comment: Remaining on the surface levels of the discussion around discrimination faced by Muslim women risks jumping all too easily to half-baked Islamophobic conclusions, writes Malia Bouattia.
Comment: There is a patronising, racist assumption that Muslim women should be grateful for token Muslims in high places, regardless of what they actually represent politically, writes Malia Bouattia.
A number of men across the racial and religious spectrums sometimes take it upon themselves to advise (aka mansplain) Muslim women and let them know what is best for them.