Muslim Women's Council is proud to present the very first live performance in Bradford, of Al-Firdaus Ensemble’s new album titled ‘Shifa’, the Arabic word for ‘Healing’, and an evening of songs that express and inspire Divine love in varying maqams and musical styles.
- Muslim supporters attending games in the stadium will now have access to designated prayer rooms, according to Blackburn Rovers.
- Adidas reached out to henna artist Azra Khamissa and presented the concept of designing henna on shoes.
Based on a U.N. report, France was found to have discriminated against a Muslim lady who was denied access to vocational training at a public school while wearing a hijab, an Islamic head scarf.
Now 45 years old, Naima Mezhoud, was scheduled to complete a training as a management assistant at a public high school where teenagers are not permitted to wear the hijab, in 2010. According to the report, the head teacher of the school on the northern fringes of Paris refused to let her in when she arrived.
- The Hijabi fighter, Tina Rahimi who was born in Australia to Iranian parents, is the Commonwealth Games' first Muslim female boxer to compete.