Time for world to stand up to Taliban’s gender apartheid
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM November 27, 2023 It has been more than two years since the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan and the nation continues to plunge further […]
OIC to host Jeddah conference on women in Islam
ARAB NEWS November 05, 2023 JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation hosts the international conference “Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment” in Jeddah on Monday. The three-day event is dedicated […]
First Muslim woman confirmed as federal judge
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Updated 9:45 PM EDT, Thu June 15, 2023 Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim […]
Hanan Ashrawi: Palestinian champion of women’s rights
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN MAR 16, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine, Feb. 3, 2021. […]
Happy Mother’s Day: National Geographic Pictures for Mother’s Day 2022
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents—his mother bears him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years—‘Give thanks to Me and to your parents. […]
Afghanistan girls’ education: ‘When I see the boys going to school, it hurts’
By Yogita Limaye Afghanistan correspondent “Every day I wake up with the hope of going back to school. They [the Taliban] keep saying they will open schools. But it’s been […]
Al-Azhar grand imam’s Ramadan TV programme kicks off with focus on women’s rights
Amr Kandil , Friday 24 Mar 2023 Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb kicked off the second season of his Ramadan TV programme Al-Imam El-Tayyeb on Thursday with a focus on […]
Defending Women’s Spaces
Munavara GhauriWOMEN’S SECTION 8th March 2023 #InternationalWomen’sDay ©Shutterstock Munavara Ghauri, UKEditor, Women’s Section Campaigner Karen Ingala Smith has 3 decades’ experience of researching violence against women. Her recent book, ‘Defending […]
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 […]