Egypt Independant: Members of the Constituent Assembly agreed last week to remove a proposed article which provided some constitutional support for gender equality — provided that such equality did not violate the provisions of Islamic Sharia law. The episode showed the ability of both liberals and ultra-conservative Salafis to stamp […]
Sabah El-Saqari Aims To Become First Female Leader Of Egypt’s Islamist Party Posted: 10/05/2012 4:54 pm EDT Updated: 10/05/2012 5:04 pm EDT 25 11 0 5 GET WORLD ALERTS: SIGN UP FOLLOW: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Video, Freedom And Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt,Sabah Al-Saqari, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt Islamist Party, Woman, World News By: Maggie Flick, The Associated Press […]
Veiled Female News Anchor May Signal Waning of Secular Egypt Egypt State TV, Fatma Nabil reads out the headlines wearing a headscarf on the noon news bulletin on state television in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 3, 2012. TEXT SIZE Edward Yeranian September 03, 2012 CAIRO — A long-standing ban against veiled […]
By Annys Shin, Monday, September 3, 1:04 AMThe Washington Post “Can you smell the perfume in this room?” Abdul Malik Kadir said to a guy in a gray suit standing […]
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
Yemeni women say equal rights are compatible with Islam Inroads to equality hindered by accusations that feminists are acting ‘un-Islamic’ While many nations in the Middle East were reborn the […]
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Source: Huffington Post By Engy Abdelkader, who is a new mother, attorney and member of the American Muslim community. In its current form, what we know as Mother’s Day, is a […]