Source: The New York Times By ELISABETH MALKIN APRIL 9, 2018 Women at risk of premature birth resting at El Hospital de La Mujer in San Salvador.CreditFred Ramos for The New York Times SAN SALVADOR — When Teodora del Carmen Vásquez walked out of the Ilopango women’s prison a few weeks ago, […]
Source: Independent By Chris Baynes Israeli authorities have refused to display adverts informing female airline passengers they are not obliged to change seats at the request of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men […]
Source: The Guardian By Liz Ford Millions of women embrace social network to push for social reforms including abolition of system of male dominion Supported by Saudi Arabia has more than […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Christian Concern The Independent published an astonishing article this week, entitled: “How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals”. It is written by Qasim Rashid, an Ahmadiyya Muslim writer and commentator. This comes after revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s appalling behaviour have been headline news almost continuously […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Time By OLIVIA B. WAXMAN January 20, 2018 It was 45 years ago Monday — on Jan. 22, 1973 — that the U.S. Supreme Court announced its 7-2 decision in Roe […]
Source: The New York Times By BHADRA SHARMA and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Photo Women and their children in a chhaupadi hut in western Nepal in September. Nepal’s government has been trying to discourage the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg GEORGE FREY/GETTY IMAGES Thomas Monson, the late president of the Mormon church, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 2. More than 160,000 people have signed a petition urging The New York Times to rewrite its obituary for Mormon leader Thomas Monson, who died […]
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 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 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) […]
Source: BBC News A couple in Germany who divorced in a Sharia court in Syria cannot have their divorce validated under EU law, Europe’s top court has ruled. The European […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
