Pakistani Actress Nausheen Shah Reveals Shocking Reason Behind Removing Hijab
New Age Islam News Bureau
25 November 2025
· Pakistani Actress Nausheen Shah Reveals Shocking Reason Behind Removing Hijab
· India Lodges Protest With China Over Arunachal Woman, Pema Wang Thongdok’s Harassment At Shanghai Airport
· New York Governor Kathy Hochul Advice Helped Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Navigate President Donald Trump
· Activists Say Women In Afghanistan Are Neither Silent Nor Defeated
· Taliban Have Turned Violence Against Women Into A Targeted Policy
· Roya Mahboob, An Afghanistan-Born Tech Entrepreneur Believes Technology Can Help Girls Learn, Even Under Taliban Rule
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Pakistani Actress Nausheen Shah Reveals Shocking Reason Behind Removing Hijab
November 25, 2025
Hadia Batool
Pakistani actress and model Nausheen Shah has revealed the personal reasons behind her decision to stop wearing the hijab. She spoke candidly during an appearance on Fareeha Altaf’s podcast, sharing details of her spiritual journey and inner struggles.
Nausheen said her decision to wear the hijab was initially inspired by a dream. In the dream, she heard a voice telling her, “If you do not cover your head, the angels will leave you.” Upon waking, she put on a dupatta and wore the hijab consistently for about four months. She maintained it at home and during her professional shoots.
However, over time, Nausheen began to feel that she was leading a double life. She said the feeling of inconsistency and inner conflict left her confused and compelled her to rethink her choices. After careful reflection, she decided to remove the hijab.
She clarified that this decision was not taken lightly. Nausheen said she asked Allah for forgiveness before removing the hijab. She also admitted that she had enjoyed styling it and found it attractive, but her spiritual and personal clarity led her to step back.
Nausheen also spoke about her growing focus on prayer and spirituality. She shared that she had prayed to Allah, asking to be guided towards regular Salah. She said, “I asked Allah to draw me closer. I prayed, ‘If You love me, lead me to prayer.’” She revealed that her prayers were answered and she now performs regular daily prayers.
She emphasized that her journey is about self-improvement and discipline. Nausheen explained that prayer brings structure, protects from wrongdoing, and helps a person avoid many harms.
Source: minutemirror.com.pk
https://minutemirror.com.pk/nausheen-shah-reveals-shocking-reason-behind-removing-hijab-466876/
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India Lodges Protest With China Over Arunachal Woman, Pema Wang Thongdok’s Harassment At Shanghai Airport
24.11.25
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India has lodged a strong protest with China over the alleged detention last week of an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh at Shanghai airport after refusing to recognise her Indian passport as valid during a transit halt, government sources said on Monday.
Following the incident of harassment of Pema Wang Thongdok on November 21 on "ludicrous grounds", India firmly conveyed to the Chinese side that Arunachal Pradesh is "indisputably" an Indian territory and its residents are perfectly entitled to hold and travel with Indian passports.
In a series of social media posts, Thongdok said Chinese immigration officials at Shanghai airport detained her for 18 hours on the grounds that her passport was "invalid" as her birthplace was Arunachal Pradesh.
"They called my Indian passport invalid as my birthplace is Arunachal Pradesh, which they claimed is Chinese territory," she said.
A strong demarche (a formal diplomatic protest) was made with the Chinese side, in Beijing and in Delhi, on the same day the incident took place, the sources said.
The Indian Consulate in Shanghai also took up the matter locally and extended the fullest assistance to the stranded passenger, they said.
"It was stressed that the passenger had been detained on ludicrous grounds. Arunachal Pradesh is indisputably Indian territory, and its residents are perfectly entitled to hold and travel with Indian passports," one of the sources said.
"It has also been highlighted that the actions of the Chinese authorities are in contravention of the Chicago and Montreal Conventions relating to civil aviation," it said.
At a time when both sides are working on restoring normalcy, such actions by the Chinese side introduce unnecessary obstructions to the process, the sources said.
It is learnt that Thongdok was travelling from London to Japan.
"I was held at Shanghai airport for over 18 hours on November 21 on claims by China immigration and China Eastern Airlines," Thongdok said.
Source: telegraphindia.com
https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/passport-row-india-lodges-protest-with-china-over-arunachal-womans-harassment-at-shanghai-airport/cid/2134577
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul Advice Helped Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Navigate President Donald Trump
Nov 25, 2025
New York governor Kathy Hochul on Monday said her advice helped Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani navigate his first high-stakes meeting with president Donald Trump, a meeting that ended on a surprisingly friendly note and eased fears of federal intervention in New York City.
Hochul said she spoke to Mamdani before he visited the White House on Friday. She told him he needed to show Trump that he had firm control over the city and could be trusted to handle safety and governance without outside pressure. According to her, it was important to give the president “confidence” so he would not send the National Guard into the city.
“He has already hit the ground running,” Hochul said at a press event in the Bronx, reported New York Post. “And I have the confidence in him that I wanted the president to have as well: that we don’t need any interventions,” she added,
The meeting produced an unusual scene in the Oval Office. Trump openly praised Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who has publicly called him a “fascist”.
The president also stepped back from his threat to deploy the National Guard after Mamdani assured him that crime control would remain a priority. He also told Trump he planned to keep NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch in place.
“I expect to be helping him, not hurting him, a big help because I want New York City to be great,” Trump said.
Hochul also said she encouraged Mamdani to look for areas where he could work with Trump. She pointed to her own talks with the president, which she said helped push forward the long-delayed Penn Station redevelopment.
However, Hochul stopped short of saying that Trump would drop his threat to cut federal funding for the city. She noted only that the outcome of Friday’s meeting had reduced tension.
“I believe we are in a better place this Monday than we were Friday going into that meeting,” she said. “The president had a chance to see someone, as I have, who has the capacity and the vision that the city needs at this time.”
Hochul added that Mamdani called her the day after his White House visit to thank her for the guidance.
“I told him I thought he did everything he needed to do to make sure the president has confidence in his leadership,” she said.
Source: indiatimes.com
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Activists say women in Afghanistan are neither silent nor defeated
By Siyar Sirat
25 November 2025
In a statement marking Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Free Women’s Movement of Afghansitan declared that women and girls in the country “are neither silent nor defeated.”
“We are the voice of justice, dignity and resistance against the misogynist and ignorant Taliban rule,” the movement said in the release. “In the heart of obscurantism, Afghan women have kept alive the torch of awareness, hope and liberation.”
Under the slogan “No to discrimination, no to silence,” the group said that “no power, culture or religious interpretation” has the right to justify “oppression of women.” It affirmed that women are the foundation of Afghanistan, “teachers of knowledge, nurturers of generations and architects of a humane society.” The statement said that “the exclusion of women means the destruction of Afghanistan’s future, and women’s freedom is the beginning of liberation from ignorance and the progress of society to the peaks of victory.”
The movement said that for four years millions of Afghan women and girls have been living in “house‑arrest,” deprived of education, work, recreation and even “the right to breathe freely.” They expressed fatigue with “empty promises and performative sympathy from the world and human‑rights organizations.”
“We, like other women of the world, have the right to live, to learn, to work and to breathe freely,” the women protesters said. They added that belief in women is belief in change and human dignity, and “as long as even one woman remains imprisoned, none of us are free.”
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is observed annually on Nov. 25.
It was chosen to honor the brutal 1960 killing of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic and aims to raise awareness of violence against women and girls while prompting global action to end it.
Source: amu.tv
https://amu.tv/212601/
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Taliban Have Turned Violence Against Women into a Targeted Policy
Nov. 24, 2025
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Afghanistan’s women-led protest movements say the Taliban have transformed violence against women into a deliberate and systematic state policy.
In a statement released on Monday (November 24), the “Window of Hope Women’s Movement” said Afghan women have endured the “harshest forms of violence, repression, and systematic discrimination” over the past four years.
The “Afghan Women’s Political Participation Network” also said in a separate statement that violence and restrictions in Afghanistan have now become official policy. According to the network, women and girls face daily deprivation, exclusion, and various forms of violence across the country.
Referring to the Taliban’s bans on women’s education, employment, and public presence, the network stressed that no woman should be denied education, work, freedom, dignity, or security because of her gender.
The movement described the Taliban’s policies toward Afghan women as “crimes against humanity” and “gender apartheid”, calling for accountability.
The “United Afghan Women’s Movement for Freedom” stated that violence against women in Afghanistan is structural and multilayered, reproduced across family, legal, social, economic, and political spheres. The group added that over the past four years, Afghans women have faced unprecedented restrictions in modern history, including bans on education and employment, constraints on mobility and dress, and the arrest of disappearances of female activists.
According to the movement, these measures represent a clear violation of human rights and constitute systematic crimes against women.
The three protest movements called for strong international support for Afghan women, formal recognition of gender apartheid, accountability mechanisms for the Taliban, and an end to global silence in the face of escalating discrimination.
Since reclaiming power, the Taliban have imposed sweeping restrictions on women’s fundamental rights and freedoms, banning them from education and work and severely limiting their presence in public life.
Source: kabulnow.com
https://kabulnow.com/2025/11/afghan-womens-protest-movements-taliban-have-turned-violence-against-women-into-a-targeted-policy/
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Roya Mahboob, An Afghanistan-Born Tech Entrepreneur Believes Technology Can Help Girls Learn, Even Under Taliban Rule
By Shivani Vora
Nov. 24, 2025
When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, they halted much of girls’ education across Afghanistan almost overnight. The regime prohibits girls from attending school beyond sixth grade and sharply restricts their movement in its imposition of Shariah law.
For Roya Mahboob, an Afghanistan-born tech entrepreneur long focused on improving girls’ access to education, the reversal was devastating. Death threats tied to her work intensified after 2021, leading her to flee the country and resettle full time with her family in Cliffside Park, N.J. And the Taliban’s return erased years of progress: her non-profit, Digital Citizen Fund (D.C.F.), established in 2013, had operated 13 technology centers in schools across the country, and all were forced to close.
Ms. Mahboob, 37, is now redoubling her efforts from abroad. She has reassembled the Afghan Dreamers, the all-girls robotics team she helped create in 2017, expanding it to include young Afghan women now living in Canada, Sweden, Italy and the United States. Several current members still reside in Afghanistan and participate remotely, using WhatsApp and Zoom, but were unable to travel in October to their most recent competition, the FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition in Panama City, Panama. Ms. Mahboob’s work with the Afghan Dreamers is the subject of “Rule Breakers,” a narrative film released earlier this year that she executive produced.
Ms. Mahboob has also expanded the Digital Citizen Fund’s programming to include financial literacy content and eventually offer off-line learning options for girls cut off from school and the internet through a forthcoming app, Edy, designed to work without connectivity.
A new initiative, Inoura Academy, seeks to reach girls beyond Afghanistan with science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) robotics tools designed to inspire engineering interest even when classroom access is limited. Ms. Mahboob was interviewed by phone and email. The conversations were edited and condensed.
Source: nytimes.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/world/asia/roya-mahboob-afghanistan-technology-girls.html
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