Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Rima bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US – the first woman ever to take on an envoy […]
Iran revolution: ‘I wore a hijab and head-banged to Nirvana’
Source: BBC By Faranak Amidi; Women’s Affairs reporter, BBC World Service On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known as a maghnaeh, covering my […]
‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
Source: Open Democracy By Nandini Archer 7 From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being a Muslim and a feminist’. […]
Video: 15 Amazing Facts about the American Muslims
Suggested reading Thomas Jefferson and Islam as an American Religion We hold these Truths to be Self-Evident Also: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders 5 Facts […]
Threatened with an end to Shariah divorce, Egypt’s imams work to save marriages
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El-Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) – Egypt’s skyrocketing divorce rate has spurred a debate among Muslim religious leaders and government officials about how […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community addresses Ahmadiyya Board of Arbitration’s Centenary International Refresher Course
Epigraph: Indeed Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
The holy Quran speaks more often to men than women
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a commonly known verse of the Quran: “If you fear that you cannot treat orphans […]
Saudi Arabia’s grim discrimination against women is exposed by Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s startling bravery
Freedom of religion is not legally protected in the Islamic kingdom, and people who convert to another religion risk being charged with apostasy By Aisha K. Gill; @DrAishaKGill Source: The […]
Pompeo, Bolton assurances to allies may be short-live
Jan 08,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Two top US officials have been dispatched to the region on a salvaging mission aimed at calming allies and clarifying policy following […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
Saudi Arabia declares War on America’s Muslim Congresswomen
News In English December 12, 2018 Ever since the midterm election, conservative media in the United States have targeted with special zeal Ilhan Omar, an incoming Somali-American Democratic congresswoman and […]
Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The very first or the second verse of Surah Nisa, which would be translated as the chapter about […]
Ilhan Omar Says Her Election To Congress Is ‘A Real Rejection’ Of Religious Bigotry
Source: Huffington Post The Muslim congresswoman-elect will be the first hijab-wearing member of the House. By Alanna Vagianos As a hijab-wearing, Somali-American refugee, Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota knows just […]
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes
Garry Wills’ Book: What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters Garry Wills has been a leading commentator on political and religious life in America for decades, winner of a […]
Finnish Women Convert to Islam in Search of Spirituality, Logic – Researcher
Source: Sputnik Finnish women converting to Islam don’t see the veil as a symbol of oppression, but as a sign of liberation from superficial beauty, a researcher specialising in religious […]
Ilhan Omar, the First Muslim Woman Elected to Congress, Led Her Speech With “As-Salam Alaikum.” I’m Transported.
Source: Slate By Aymann Ismail When Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar stepped on stage tonight as one of the first Muslim women ever elected to Congress—the other, Rashida Tlaib of […]
Khola Maryam Hübsch: ‘Rebellion der Sehnsucht’ Manifest für den Glauben. BOOK REVIEW
Moderation: Anne Françoise Weber Die Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch zu Gast auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 (David Kohlruss) Die muslimische Publizistin Khola Maryam Hübsch ist durch Talkshow-Auftritte und Artikel zum […]
The niqab debate is really about gender equality, and allowing women to make their own choices
Source: Letter to Independent The disconnect between understanding faith and understanding culture is bizarre in this country. Many seem to be under the impression that this is still a “Christian country” despite […]
Imam Sherin Khankan wants ‘new narratives’ on Islam
Source: BBC News Sherin Khankan became Scandinavia’s first female imam when she opened the Mariam mosque in Copenhagen. The mosque holds women only Friday prayers but also mixed gender meetings […]
Hadith about Women and the Book: Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about human psychology and self help The most well-know, long-lived, and tried-and-tested relationships guide ever, the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is now available for the first time ever in trade paperback. […]