Video Animation: Iran’s Hijab Protests
Inspired by the custodial death of #MahsaAmini over improper hijab, Iranian artist Bahadur Hadizadeh creates an animation of #Tehran‘s Azadi Tower adorned by dark hair blowing in the wind.#IranProtests#IranProtests2022#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/fwrVnYVxUK […]
Pakistan celebrates its first woman to summit K2
Samina Baig is now the only Pakistani woman to have conquered both Mount Everest and K2 AFP July 22, 2022 Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday celebrated Samina […]
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women’s social media protest against Taliban
Women around the world are sharing pictures of themselves in traditional colourful clothes in a campaign against the new strict dress code for female students Source: The Guardian 2021 After […]
‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’ revisits Warren Jeffs’ FLDS sect through survivor stories
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) The glut of true-crime fare is such that streaming services essentially create “You might like” companions to what’s on their competitors. So viewers of Hulu’s “Under […]
Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition: When would the Muslims and Catholics follow?
Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition By Haley Barker Damcho Diana Finnegan, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, called the ordination ceremony ‘a major step towards […]
One Hijabi at a time: Fatima Payman becomes first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in Australian parliament
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: If Muslims can control their Taliban and let their women flourish and overcome sectarianism, Many of the democratic Islamic values will win during this […]
A Muslim Woman Inspirational Speaker: We all are Perfectly Imperfect
Epigraph: Then which of your Lord’s favors will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny? (Al Quran 55:13) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about human psychology and […]
Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home
Kabul (CNN) A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested […]
Zainab Salman’s new campaign Pyaare Baba is a tribute to fathers who ‘raised beautiful, strong daughters’
Epigraph: Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Whoever supports two girls till they attain maturity, he and I will come on the Day of […]
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious space at a women-only mosque in Los Angeles
Source: The Conversation As Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of a month of fasting from dusk till […]
Al-Qarawiyyin, world’s oldest, continually operating university, was founded by a Muslim woman
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 07, 2020 EDITED BY YASEMIN NICOLA SAKAY The world’s oldest university is not in Europe, as most people would assume; it is in Morocco and was […]
I moved to an all-girls college to escape my school’s rape culture – finally I can study in safety
Source: The Guardian Not even the teachers were spared the constant assault of unwanted advances, jokes and crude comments I remember one geography class, where a young trainee was observing […]
An Afghan Lady Ted Talk: What it’s like to be a war refugee
Zarlasht Halaimzai Refugee rights advocate and writer; See speaker profile Zarlasht Halaimzai is the founder of Amna, the refugee healing network. Amna helps refugees heal from the trauma of war […]
Not so straight forward way of defending the Muslim women rights
I feel sorry for ex-Ahmadis when they accuse Jammat of shaming women. I can only say this is a result of both their arrogance & their lack of experience with […]
Ratio of female academics in Turkey surpasses 45%
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2022 Associate professor Nurcan Tunçbağ of Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) works on a computer, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 11, 2019. (AA File Photo) […]
Indonesia’s top Muslim group urges Taliban to educate teen girls
By Arie Firdaus Afghan girls participate in a lesson at Tajrobawai Girls High School, in Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2021. The Indonesian government and the country’s largest Islamic organization called Friday on the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan to allow girls to attend school beyond the sixth grade, saying women need […]
Videos: As a Black Woman Seeks to be Supreme Court Justice in US, Can Muslim Women At Least Ceremonize Nikah?
Additional reading Afghanistan: Taliban backtrack on reopening high schools for girls Where does your country rank for women rights Nearly two-thirds (64%) of adults in India say sons and daughters should have […]
Afghanistan: Taliban backtrack on reopening high schools for girls
Source: BBC The Taliban have reversed a decision to allow Afghan girls to return to high schools, saying a decision is still to be made on the uniforms they must […]
Is Russian Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Hamas, Shiite Islam in Iran or Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Force for Good?
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Orthodoxy is the […]