INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
I still had my education, my knowledge of foreign languages and years of professional experience, but people only saw the hijab
appearances on national TV, banned from educational institutions, refused entry to entertainment venues and face verbal and physical
from different corners of Russia told The Moscow Times about their battles with various forms of religious prejudice and systemic
by the Islamic State jihadist group.Muslim women in Moscow.Kirill Zykov / Moskva News AgencyMuslim bloggers and rights advocates have been
sounding the alarm over an increase in attacks on Muslim women in central Russia, warning them to refrain from walking alone or leaving
institutions over their refusal to take off a headcover emerged from various corners of Russia, including the Vladimir region, the Rostov
prayers and major celebrations, heated debates about the acceptability of certain head coverings are commonplace, with some Tatars deeming
and first put on a hijab at age seven
Though she began her education at an Islamic school, she switched to studying at a secular public school in her native Kazan as a
single one of my classmates spoke to me within the first month
you travel outside of Tatarstan, it seems like you travel to a different Russia, a different part of the world where Muslims are a rare
addition to being profiled by airport security, many Muslims in Russia live under the close watch of the security forces, who appear to
from rural Dagestan, who converted to Islam a few years ago and wished to remain anonymous, told The Moscow Times that despite these public
calling me a terrorist, a murderer
