Iran

An Iranian football fan adjusts her headscarf after pinning the flag of the Islamic republic to her veil during the Asia Group 2 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 19, 2008 at Sheikh Maktoum Stadium in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Iran are on top of the group, which also includes South and North Korea and Saudi Arabia. They have four points from two matches and are tied with South Korea, but trailing on goal difference. Hosts UAE have lost all their three matches to date.  (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)

MICHIGAN, USA

Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit, and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn, said they applied for jobs at the McDonald’s on Ford Road in the eastern section of Dearborn, but were told by the store manager “you’re not going to work here if you don’t remove” the headscarf, known as hijab. According to the women, he also said he couldn’t “really hire you due to your scarf.”

They’re filing a lawsuit. Go girls!

Mumbai

A policeman walks past a human chain formed by Muslim women on a street-side in Mumbai December 12, 2008. Thousands of Mumbai residents on Friday formed a human chain around some of the sites that were attacked recently, the latest in a series of citizen initiatives to express anger and demand action from the government. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

I’ve been tagged…

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago

• I was finishing up my undergrad degree
• Traveling to Jamaica at least 3 times a year
• Partying like it was 1999….even though it was 1998, LOL
• Taking a “break” from Islam
• Trying to find myself

5 Things On My To-Do List

• Iron my clothes for work
• Make a few phone calls
• Read some Quran
• Wash dishes
• Send a few emails

5 Snacks I Like

• Baby carrots
• Pistachios
• Ice cream
• Pop Tarts
• Strawberries
• Licorice

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire

• Pay off my student loans
• Build a woman-friendly masjid
• Buy my mom a new house
• Perform Hajj
• Travel

5 places I have lived ( for various lengths of times)

• Chicago
• Miami
• LA
• Minneapolis
• Cincinnati

5 Jobs I have had

• Volunteer Coordinator
• Dietary Aide
• Administrative Assistant
• Telemarketer
• Program Coordinator

Aisha Jukaku carefully pins up her headscarf to make sure her hair, ears and neck are tucked away as part of her hijab, the Islamic dress code for women. (Alexander Dziadosz /Daily)

Mauritania

MUMBAI (BOMBAY), INDIA – DECEMBER 03: (ISRAEL OUT) Indian Muslim women march as thousands of Mumbaikars take part in a mass demonstration march following last weeks series of terrorist attacks on the city, near the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, on December, 03, 2008  in Mumbai, India. Two bombs were discovered and defused earlier today by Mumbai police at a train station, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, which was one of the locations attacked by the terrorists. The attacks left almost 200 hundred dead and injured over 300 people. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

A veiled Muslim woman holds a placard during a rally in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad against the Mumbai attacks November 29, 2008. Commandos ended a three-day rampage by Islamist gunmen in Mumbai on Saturday, killing the last of the militants after nearly 200 people died in attacks that struck at bastions of the Indian financial capital’s elite.  REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA)

Thailand

Stranded Muslim pilgrim women from southern Thailand sit at a check-in counter as an anti-government rally continues at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on November 29, 2008.