Source: The Guardian Book Reviewed by Harriet Sherwood The book written by Shelina Janmohamed Burkinis, misery memoirs and people on camels: the caricatures of Islam don’t leave much room for […]
Ahmadiyya women group meets on national peace The Ahmadiyya women group, Lajnal Immaillah, is set to hold the 2016 yearly Islamic conference in commemoration of its 100 years of existence. The conference is scheduled to hold from 26th to 28th August 2016 at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Dutse […]
Source: http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/August-23rd/oye-lithur-promotes-multi-bilingual-for-peaceful-co-existence.php Oye Lithur promotes multi-bilingual for peaceful co-existence Source: Ghana I Luv FM I Kwasi Debrah Nana Oye Lithur Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection says, children learning languages other than their mother tongue could serve as a foundation for building a peaceful society. According to the sector Minister, Nana Oye […]
By Sabeeha Rehman This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly […]
By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, USA Recently in Pakistan, the Punjab Assembly passed a law which would make it easier for the women to report domestic violence, abuse and […]
Source: The Guardian An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against “honour” killings, with a spokesman calling them “unethical and unjustifiable” following a series of attacks on […]
Source: Herald Muslim women’s rights collectives have long been campaigning against the practices of instant triple talaq, polygamy and nikaah–halala in India. Two Supreme Court cases by Shayara Bano and […]
Source: Patheos.com By Ayesha Noor Respected Members of CII, As a mother of all believers, I should address you as my sons. But I will not. Because you have disgusted […]
Source: http://www.oneindia.com Paris, June 7: Sania Mirza has been one of the most followed celebrities across India ever since she claimed the junior Wimbledon doubles title in 2003. Earlier this […]
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla — A video from MuslimGirl.com highlights women’s participation in political movements. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmuslimgirlarmy%2Fvideos%2Fvb.117231523398%2F10154183065558399%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560 Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl, told The Huffington Post that her team dreamed up the video after realizing that the hijab was being “commodified” by the Western fashion industry during […]
Alaa Murabit’s family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what […]
Source.Daily Mail Family therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby releases video on ‘wife discipline’ He advises Muslim men to speak to their wives about disobedience first Then men should ‘forsake their spouses in bed’ by turning backs on them Finally they should ‘beat their wives’ but ‘not to vent their anger’ A Saudi family […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
Source: The Denver Post By Kirk Mitchell A federal jury trial began Monday in which JetStream Ground Services was accused of not allowing female Muslim employees to wear clothing required […]
Source: Independent UK I recognise the irony of the fact that the first university in the world was established by a Muslim woman, yet today many are denied an education. […]
Source: Reuters A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalizes violence against women to […]
The Muslim Times’ has most extensive collection on Women Rights. Suggested Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal
Source: The Muslim Matters By Daniel Haqiqatjou LOS ANGELES, United States — After Woodstock came campus surveys on sexual assault. After bra-burning came date rape. The Sexual revolution of the […]
When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this […]
Myopia of the Muslim Mullahs has shown again that every woman and every moderate man should seek secularism Source: Express Tribune By Qaiser Butt ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) […]