» Muslims in the West
[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2005/1416682.htm]
The ABC Radio International's "The Spirit of Things" provides a transcript of a radio program featuring British Muslims Tariq Modood and Salman Sayyid and Australian Samina Yasmeen, who consider the limits of integration; and Nadia Jamal and Taghred Chandab discuss their report on growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia.

» Islamic Feminism
[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1474694]
NPR's Talk of the Nation (October 22, 2003) looks at how Islamic women reform Islam from the inside out with guests Nayereh Tohidi, Shaheen Sardar Ali, and Leila Ahmed.

» Muslim Women's League
[http://www.mwlusa.org/]
This Muslim-American organization's site provides commentary, position papers, reading lists, and much more on women's issues as they relate to Islam.

The Veil in the News
The following links provide broader context into the tense series of events that have transpired over the last several years — primarily in Europe but in Australia too — over the wearing of the veil in Western societies:

» "An identity reduced to a burka" (Los Angeles Times/January 20, 2002)
» "They hate women, don't they?" (The Guardian/June 21, 2002)
» "Prejudice is alive and well in the legal profession" (The Age/June 23, 2003)
» "Iraqi women urge limited sharia in new constitution" (The Christian Science Monitor/August 9, 2005)
» "Making the men of Iraq listen" (The Village Voice/August 11, 2005)
» "Why Muslim women wear the veil" (BBC News/October 5, 2006)
» "Blair's concerns over face veils" (BBC News/October 17, 2006)
» "Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks" (The Australian/October 26, 2006)
» "Australia Muslim cleric suspended" (BBC,News/October 27, 2006)
» "Dutch Muslims condemn 'populist' burqa ban move" (The Independent/November 20, 2006)
» "School sacks woman after veil row" (BBC News/November 24, 2006)