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Azerbaijan: Calls for Baku Protest Against Restrictions on Hijab in Schools
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (211+ words) ShiaWaves Azerbaijan: Calls for Baku Protest Against Restrictions on Hijab in Schools ———————————— Activists in Azerbaijan have circulated a call for a protest in the capital, Baku, against restrictions on wearing the hijab in schools and in support of Muslim students…...
School headscarf ban sparks rare protests in Azerbaijan and row with Turkey
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (829+ words) "You are telling me, I can't come to school?" says a teenage girl in a navy blue Islamic headscarf, captured on video challenging a staff member at the entrance to her school. The footage has been shared widely on social…...
Turkey-Azerbaijan ‘rift’: How hijab row tests limits of strategic alliance - Is there an Israel angle? Experts weigh in
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (505+ words) Turkey and Azerbaijan have long called themselves "one nation, two states". Now, a row over the hijab (headscarf) is testing that bond. Experts have pointed out that while the headscarf controversy is the immediate trigger, Azerbaijan’s ties with Israel could…...
Turkish Islamist leader urges Azerbaijan to end school headscarf restrictions
9+ hour, 50+ min ago (665+ words) Syria detains fugitive suspect in Turkey’s 2013 Reyhanlı bombings Flooding brings İstanbul to a standstill as death toll rises to 2 Boy electrocuted as severe flooding hits İstanbul, forces school closures Turkey orders block on opposition party’s X account Turkey detains 32 people…...
‘My body, my choice!’ – unless you are a Muslim women
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (901+ words) Secular fundamentalist states and radical feminists like to claim they champion women’s rights and bodily autonomy – until they confront a Muslim woman who proudly chooses to wear the hijab. Then the oppression starts! Suddenly, her so-called “freedom of choice” becomes…...
London Protest to Oppose Hijab Restrictions in Azerbaijani Schools This Friday
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (216+ words) The student organisation ASAP in Britain and its partners are preparing to hold a protest outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in London on Friday 16 October, in opposition to restrictions on the wearin… London Protest to Oppose Hijab Restrictions in Azerbaijani Schools…...
Hijab-wearing women 'face discrimination' in Egypt, investigation reveals
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (305+ words) No Kings protest aims to get voters to the polls for US midterms Israeli ad firm helped spyware target Al Jazeera journalists Egyptian villager's chance find reveals giant Ramesses II statue The end of UNIFIL: What next for south Lebanon?...
The policing of Muslim women’s bodies, from West Asia to Europe and beyond
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (1222+ words) October 15, 2026 at 11:00 am The question has never been whether women should wear the hijab. The question is why everyone seems to believe they have a say in the matter. But what kind of freedom requires a woman to abandon part…...
Austria students resist school headscarf ban over targeting Muslims
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (659+ words) A headscarf ban for girls under 14 has triggered widespread protests across Austria as the new school year begins, with dozens of students refusing to comply in classrooms and on the streets. Austria's conservative-led government has insisted the ban, introduced Sept....
Azerbaijani activist who organised tutoring for child hijab ban protesters reportedly missing
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (423+ words) Baku-based activist and artist İlkin Huseynov has been unreachable since yesterday, shortly after he set up the ‘Let Leyli Go to School’ project, which sought to organise tutoring for those boycotting school amid hijab ban protests. It is not clear…...