Why a Muslim teen hides her religion
Source: SW News Media By Brett Martin When I heard a story about a teenager in our area who’s reluctant to reveal that she’s Muslim because she’s worried about being […]
Debate: The Sexual Misery of the Arab World / The Sexual Misery of the Western World
The Sexual Misery of the Arab World Source: New York Times By Kamel Daoud ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions of […]
In Egypt, polygamy has its apologists and nemeses
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
The forgotten violence against Muslim women in the West
Source: TRT World We may have just marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but acknowledge the vulnerability of Muslim women who are attacked simply for wearing a visible symbol of their religion. Now in its 25th year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence […]
Video: The Real and Compassionate Face of Islam
Epigraph We have not sent you Muhammad, but as mercy for the whole of mankind! (Al Quran 21:107/108) Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD Nobel Prize for a noble woman […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say […]
British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say
Source: Independent ‘The government is always perfectly happy to relegate minority women to kangaroo courts and faith-based parallel legal systems’ By Maya Oppenheim, @mayaoppenheim Women are being left to go […]
Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam?
Source: Al Hakam The Promised Messiah Responding to Allegations Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam? By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Canada Gender equality is one […]
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Source: Al Jazeera Case involving Coptic Christian woman comes as calls for equal inheritance rights reverberate across the Arab world. An Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws […]
Survey finds 70 per cent of Malaysian Muslim women believe polygamy is a right for men
Prominent women’s rights activist Marina Mahathir says there is a disconnect between what Muslim women expect and what happens in real life By Tashny Sukumaran A whopping 70 per cent […]
Female candidate encourages Emirati men to marry more than one wife
A candidate in this year’s Federal National Council elections is calling for Emirati men to be encouraged to marry more than one wife as a solution to “spinsterhood” among […]
35th National Ijtema of Lajna Imaillah Australia 27th – 29th September 2019
Source: lajna.org.au
Urdu Dramas: A Vehicle for Social Change?
Durr-e-Shehwar (Urdu: دُرّ شہوار) is a Urdu language Pakistani telenovela written by Umera Ahmed and directed by Haissam Hussain. First broadcast in Pakistan by Hum TV, Durr-e-Shehwar, which premiered in Pakistan on 10 March 2012, has been produced by Momina Duraid and […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women? https://t.co/E6UbsSI1wx via @wordpressdotcom — […]
When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act
By Rowaida Abdelaziz, HuffPost US Manar Hussein stood in the sand and faced the blue Atlantic Ocean, as the water hit her toes over and over in waves. The 27-year-old […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Hamilton invites you to join Islamic Heritage Month Celebrations
Source: allevents.in Islamic Heritage Month (Women-Only Event) TIME Sat Oct 05 2019 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm VENUE: Stoney Creek Municipal Service Centre, 777 Hamilton Regional Road 8, Hamilton, Canada CREATED BY Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Islamic Heritage Month (Women-Only Event) Celebrate Islamic Heritage month with us on Saturday, October 5th, 2019! […]
The ‘Green Pound’ of Muslim spending could save the British economy after Brexit
Source: The Independent Voices Global Muslim spending on clothing is forecast to reach $361 billion by 2023 – and Britain could be the base for a large slice of that […]
‘I Believe in My Work.’ How Rep. Ilhan Omar Rose From Refugee to Trump’s Top Target
Source: Time By Alana Abramson Dahabo Mohamed, a freshman at Richfield High near Minneapolis, is patiently waiting in the school’s auditorium to meet her Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar. Omar has just […]
Women With Headscarves Need Not Apply in Germany
Germans welcomed an unprecedented number of Middle Easterners into their country—but not always into their workplaces. Source: Foreign Policy By Anchal Vohra what does it mean to be German? That […]
Egyptian Soccer Superstar Mohamed Salah Speaks for Women Rights
Mohamed Salah: ‘We Need to Change the Way We Treat Women in Our Culture’ Source: Time By Dan Stewart Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed Salahar Mohamed Salah has called on men […]
