Polygamy in Islam: What It Means?
By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, TN, USA Almost thirty years ago, I was a young man who had recently arrived in Ireland from Pakistan. Ireland was a deeply religious […]
Quebec bans face covering in public services, raising worries among Muslims
Source: The Globe and Mail BY Ingrid Peritz Quebec has adopted a law that will force people to show their faces when taking the bus or borrowing a book from the library, pushing ahead with legislation that is being criticized for targeting Muslim Canadian women. Bill 62, which the Justice […]
UK court rules Islamic school’s gender segregation is unlawful
Source: The New Arab Three British judges on Friday ruled that an Islamic faith school in Britain was guilty of sex discrimination for segregating boys and girls in lessons, during breaks […]
Japan: 37th Annual Ijtema of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held in Gotemba – A Report
News Courtesy: Anees Ahmad Nadeem, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Japan 37th Annual Ijtima of Ahmadiyya Auxiliary Organizations Japan held at National Chuo Youth Friendship Center Gotemba on 7th and 8th October 2017 Ahmadiyya Muslims Youth Association Japan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Kids Association Japan, Ahmadiyya Women Association Japan & Ahmadiyya Ansar (men above forty years […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women raise hundreds of pounds for Macmillan at world’s biggest coffee morning in Clayhall
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/let-them-eat-cake-muslim-women-s-group-joins-in-world-s-biggest-coffee-morning-in-clayhall-1-5230059 | Rosaleen Fenton Ladies from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association raised hundreds of pounds for Macmillan at a coffee morning last week. Attendees shared tasty treats at the event in Monkswood Gardens, in Clayhall, last Friday, which raised vital funds for the cancer charity. About 30 members, friends and neighbours […]
UK: Newcastle’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Women volunteered with North East Homeless team to feed homeless people
Source: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/newcastle-comedy-charity-school-proms-13709773 Ahmadiyya Muslim Women of Newcastle volunteer with North East Homeless team Raising money for: Serving Humanity Organiser Shafia Saeed of Gateshead said: “Ahmadiyya Muslim Women of Newcastle volunteered with North East Homeless team to feed homeless people. It was an eye-opening experience. It was our first time but all […]
As a woman who lived in Saudi Arabia, here’s how I feel about them letting women drive for the first time
Mobility is powerful – feeling as though you have the ability to escort yourself, plan your own day and give yourself permission to leave the house without making a single phone call Nour Hassan Being a woman in Jeddah meant that you became accustomed to relying on others to […]
Saudi Arabia to let women drive at last
By Nicole Gaouette and Elise Labott, CNN Washington (CNN) Saudi Arabia is easing restrictions on women driving, finally allowing almost half its population to get behind the wheel. A royal […]
Video: Marry or Not to Marry non-Muslims, That is the Question?
Video: Are the Muslim women closing the gender gap in Tunisia? The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles, promoting secularism and the Muslim women’s rights Source: Al Jazeerah […]
‘Girls aren’t less than boys’: Kabul’s female veterinarians hope to cure inequality
Source: The Guardian By Fran McElhon A trio of vets in Afghanistan are braving bomb blasts and discrimination to head up an animal welfare practice and inspire a new generation […]
Tunisia scraps ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
Source: Arab News TUNIS: Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims, the presidency said Thursday. “Congratulations to the women of Tunisia for the enshrinement of the […]
UK: ‘Stop Oppression of Women’, Urges Worldwide Head & Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/stop-oppression-women-mirza-masroor-ahmad-urges/ The Worldwide Head and Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad has condemned the oppression of women accross the world saying Islam is vehemently opposed to the oppression of the female folk in all ramifications. Masroor Ahmad stated this while addressing no fewer than 15,000 Muslim […]
Women Dealing with Health during the Ottoman Reign
by: Nil Sari In the history of Islamic civilization, many hospitals were founded by women, either as wives, daughters or mothers of sultans. All health personnel were male at these […]
BBC Debate: Is The Niqaab A Barrier To Justice?
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles in promoting Hijab and modest dressing The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment Personally, I believe, Niqaab or face veil is too conservative […]
Malala gets her own Twitter account and these are her first tweets
Source: The Daily Times By Farhan Janjua Nobel Peace Prize winner education activist Malala Yousafzai has joined the microblogging site Twitter on Friday, she announced by saying “Hi, Twitter.” Malala’s […]
Iranian Maryam Mirzakhani dead at 40 – won Math’s Fields Medal
Source: BBC Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US. The 40-year-old Iranian, a professor at Stanford University, had breast […]
Why We Need A Muslim Women’s Day
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla MUSLIM GIRL VIA GETTY IMAGESMarch 27 is Muslim Women’s Day. Faced with an increasingly hostile climate of Islamophobia, Muslim women have remained strong, fierce, and […]
The news media offer slanted coverage of Muslim countries’ treatment of women
Source: Washington Post By Rochelle Terman Are Muslims inherently misogynist? Many Americans seem to think so. Public opinion data reveal anxiety about whether Islam is compatible with Western values. A […]
Saudi prince supports women driving
Manama: A Saudi former minister said that allowing women to drive was bound to happen and that women would be driving society, not just cars. “The ban on women driving has been imposed on us, and women in the past used to lead their own camels. Women need to be […]
Indian Goverment shows Constitution to Supreme Court, says ‘your job is not to interpret Quran’
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 […]