Glad to see media asking questions about reaction to plight of the Uighurs. Sound familiar? Especially this Washington Post editorial which states “Unlike the Dalai Lama, Uighurs get little love in Paris or Hollywood; mostly they are known for the alleged militants held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, who have been found to pose no [...]

By Mona Eltahawy July 8, 2009 Huffingtonpost.com NEW YORK – Pity the Uighurs – the wrong kind of minority, the wrong kind of Muslims, fighting the wrong kind of enemy. For years, Uighurs – a Turkic people who are largely Muslim – complained of economic, cultural and religious discrimination under the harsh fist of Beijing. [...]

By Mona Eltahawy International Herald Tribune NEW YORK — I am a Muslim, I am a feminist and I detest the full-body veil, known as a niqab or burqa. It erases women from society and has nothing to do with Islam but everything to do with the hatred for women at the heart of the [...]