Ricky Aggarwal 
Muslim women shouldn’t be afraid of the feminist tag, writes Amal Awad. We should all be striving for the empowerment of women. Being the sole female amongst the boys in my family meant gender divisions were ever prominent growing up. I felt a little like Smurfette, just nowhere near as blonde, cute and self-assured. Apart from … Read more
QUEBEC CITY, September 10, 2013. By Laurent VU THE (AFP) – Officials in Quebec Tuesday presented their controversial bid to ban religious apparel — including headscarves, turbans and yarmulkes — on public sector workers, part of an overhaul to the Canadian province’s “Charter of Values.” The reforms are a response to the “crisis of religious … Read more
A campaign encouraging tourists to follow local values and norms of dress brings attention to Islamophobia in the West. By Sya Taha. Qatar has revived a modesty campaign dating from 2012, when it was known as “One of us” and originally started by a group of Qatari women.[i] Due to being relaunched on 20 June 2014 – … Read more
Some religious dreams are more pleasant than others. Ab Syahid shares advice on interpreting them. Dreams. We’ve all had them. From images of utopia to ones in which you’re plunging off a skyscraper at full speed. The random nature of what we experience when asleep makes it impossible to decide whether to take our subconscious minds seriously … Read more
PARIS, May 14, 2014 (AFP) – Will locusts feed the world? The voracious flying insect, capable of swarming in millions and stripping fields of crops, has long been associated with hunger. But if a major conference gathering food experts and entomologists are right, captive locusts and many other protein-rich insects will be heading to a … Read more