Amnesty International asks for Urgent Action
Amnesty International asks for Urgent Action Amnesty International Norway ask for “Urgent Action” regarding a 24-year-old Iranian woman, Yasaman Aryayee. Yasaman Arayee has been sentenced…
Hijab
Threat to Telia after hijab commercial
Telia’s head office in Oslo has received a threat following an advertisement showing a woman throwing the hijab. Telia has experienced a storm of complaints…
Woman had to remove hijab in security check
Avinor and Securitas sharpened the routines at Harstad / Narvik Airport in Evenes after a woman was asked to remove her hijab in security control….
Løgnaslaget acquitted for “Nazi hairdresser”
Løgnaslaget acquitted after using the phrase “Nazi hairdresser” Merete Hodne lost the compensation case she has raised against the Løgnaslaget (Loosely: ‘The Funny Society’ in…
Women’s lib in Islam
Women’s lib in Islam, by guest writer Imtiaz Mahmood The hijab is clearly no protection from sexual assault anywhere in the Muslim world, but simply…
The University of Oslo will not forbid face-covering garments
The University of Oslo will not forbid face-covering garments The University of Oslo are against a ban on face-covering garments at the institution, they…
NRK has received over 3,600 complaints about a girl wearing a hijab on a Norwegian non-fiction TV documentary
The complaint committee has received a record number of complaints about the program, ‘Faten tar valget’ on NRK, even though the program hasn’t yet been…
Listhaug wants ban on hijab in primary school
Listhaug wants ban on hijab in primary school Minister of Immigration, Sylvi Listhaug (Frp), proposes to introduce a national ban on the use of hijab…
Hijab Still allowed at Blidensol
The Board at Blidensol nursing home in Stavanger makes a u-turn in the hijab case and will now allow employees to wear a hijab at…
Hagen wants to ban the hijab for municipal employees in Oslo
Carl I. Hagen wants to deny municipal employees in Oslo to wear the hijab and other religious or political symbols. – He won’t get very…
Nike launches hijab before the international Women’s Day
Sports Equipment Vendor Nike has developed a hijab for use by Muslim athletes. The new garment, dubbed ‘The Nike Pro Hijab’, has been in the…
Malika Bayan drops Hijab – still a Muslim
Malika Bayan, who received nationwide fame in connection with the trial against hairdresser Merete Hodne, says she has put away the Hijab. Friday Bayan published…
Hijab sentenced hairdresser appeals to Supreme Court
Hairdresser Merete Hodne is appealing the sentence she received for refusing hijab-clad Malika Bayan lounge access. Now the Supreme Court Appeals Committee will decide if…
Merete Hodne fined in the High Court
The hairdresser Merete Hodne is in the Court of Appeal ordered to pay a fine of 7,000 kroner for having refused a hijab-clad woman access…
Nursing homes will not revoke the headscarf ban
The Discrimination Ombud believes that Blidensol nursing home in Stavanger is breaking the law by denying employees the opportunity to wear the hijab at work….
Employees report denial of hijab at nursing home
Two employees at Blidensol nursing home in Stavanger report against nursing home for the prohibition of wearing hijab. The two have reported against the nursing…
Oslo Municipality reprimanded for having asked jobseeker not wear the hijab
A 21 year old woman was offered a job as a nursing assistant in the Ullern area of Oslo, but only if she was willing…
Hairdresser convicted of denying woman with hijab access to hairdressing salon
Barber Merete Hodne has been sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 crowns for having refused a woman with headscarf access to her hairdressing salon,…