Hitting Women – That’s Messed Up – Nouman Ali Khan
I believe every ayah is a perfect gift from Allah. So protecting the integrity of an ayah about hitting women is very important. A new episode of “That’s Messed Up” […]
Ted Talk: The Best Leader for the Women Rights – President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 120 Women Who Changed Our World Source: MSN News BY Kara Lad MALALA YOUSAFZAI 1997-ACTIVIST […]
America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Ted Talk: To learn is to be free
Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In […]
Saudi appoints first female deputy minister of labour
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, reshuffled some of the Kingdom’s top military officers and several deputy ministers on Monday in a broad shakeup seen as elevating younger officials in key economic and security areas. Several new deputies in economic and security-related ministries […]
UK mosques must make space for women – not turn us away
Source: The Guardian By Remona Aly, who is a journalist and commentator with a focus on faith and lifestyle. She is also director of communications for Exploring Islam Foundation. Mosques […]
How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals
Source: The Independent By Qasim Rashid Harvey Weinstein is just another case of a powerful man abusing women because we live in a society that lets him get away with […]
Saudi Arabia change: The women who are allowed to watch football
Saudi Arabia is undergoing the most unprecedented changes in its history. Sky News was among the first foreign news media to film one major change being implemented: women being allowed to go to football matches. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/saudi-arabia-change-the-women-who-are-allowed-to-watch-football-11247105
Malala: Heartbroken that We Lost Asma Jahangir – a Savior of Democracy and Human Rights
Heartbroken that we lost Asma Jahangir – a saviour of democracy and human rights. I met her a week ago in Oxford. I cannot believe she is no more among […]
Women unite for World Hijab Day, which is Today
Women unite for World Hijab Day Source: Al Jazeera By Saba Aziz Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says […]
Islam in Switzerland: Three-quarters of Swiss back a burka ban
Source: Swiss Info A nationwide ban on face-coverings – a de facto burka ban – would currently get the thumbs-up from 76% of Swiss voters, according to a poll […]
The Muslim Times’ Best for 2017 about Women Rights
The Church of Sweden is going to stop referring to God as a man The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments Jesus was a man, so calling God gender neutral is a […]
The Church of Sweden is going to stop referring to God as a man
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments Jesus was a man, so calling God gender neutral is a movement in the direction of calling God the Father (or God the Mother) […]
Muslim heritage: Malika III: Shajarat Al-Durr
By: Tom Verde Our third story is that of Shajarat al-Durr, the first woman to sit upon an Egyptian throne since Cleopatra, nearly 1,300 years before. Art direction for the […]
Women and men in both parties say sexual harassment allegations reflect ‘widespread problems in society’
Epigraph Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely, Allah is well aware of what they do. […]
Triple talaq: India considers jail for ‘instant divorce’
Source: BBC Husbands who attempt “instant divorce” could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India. The traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying […]
Stop trying to interfere with my right as a parent to dress my daughter in a hijab
Source: Letters to Independent Letter by Dr Siema Iqbal GP In between the crazy weekend cooking and endless school homework tasks, I have managed to carve a few minutes to […]
Muslim Women, Caught Between Islamophobes and ‘Our Men’
Source: NY Times By Mona Eltahawy LAGOS, Nigeria — The unending tide of accounts of sexual harassment and assault by powerful men that women are suddenly allowing themselves to share […]
European Parliament to hold “Islam and Women” conference
Source: Tehran Times TEHRAN – The European Parliament is going to hold a conference with the theme of “Islam and Women” in Brussels, today, November 7, 2017. The conference aims […]