Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
By Lin Taylor, Reuters COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of […]
Sex with underage wife is rape, Indian supreme court rules
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi India’s supreme court has struck down a law allowing men to have sex with children as young as 15 provided the pair are married. […]
USA: While the Hijab Can Help Make a Woman, It Can Break Her, Too
I’ve worn a hijab for decades. Here’s why I took it off. Source: Washington Post While the Hijab Can Help Make a Woman, It Can Break Her, Too By Saba […]
Sweden Muslim woman who refused handshake at job interview wins case
Source: BBC News A Swedish Muslim woman has won compensation after her job interview was ended when she refused a handshake. Farah Alhajeh, 24, was applying for a job as […]
Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row
Source: BBC Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is caught up in a bitter row over racism. Ms Faruqi, […]
The Muslim Times Promoting Hijab rather than Burqa after Boris Johnson’s ‘Burqa Storm’
Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura LONDON — The gibe, ridiculing burqa-wearing Muslim women as “letter boxes” and […]
Argentina’s senate rejects bill that would have legalized abortion
Argentina’s Senate rejects bill legalizing abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy Source: The Washington Post By Max Radwin and Anthony Faiola BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s upper house […]
Rashida Tlaib may be the first Muslim woman in Congress
Michigan Democrat likely to be first Muslim woman elected to Congress Source: Time Rashida Tlaib will likely be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress after CNN has projected her […]
British law can dissolve an Islamic marriage and divide assets of the couple
U.K. Court Can Dissolve a Muslim Marriage, Judge Rules Source: The New York Times By Richard Pérez-Peña LONDON — A Muslim woman can have a British court dissolve her religious marriage […]
One Year Ago, Tunisia Passed a Groundbreaking Law to Protect Women. Has It Worked?
Source:Time By CHARLOTTE BAILEY/TUNIS 4:57 AM EDT In the 1990s, Ahlem Behladj learned to brave being hassled each day by the police officers that hung around outside the women’s shelter in […]
Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And […]
The ban on Saudi women driving is ending: Here’s what you need to know Laura Smith Spark-Profile-Image
Source: CNN On Sunday, Saudi Arabia will end the world’s only ban on women drivers. For the first time in its history, women will be able to drive themselves legally […]
Facing a constant threat of rape and harassment, the women of Delhi fight back
Source: CNN By Swati Gupta, CNN The women, dressed in colorful saris, giggle as they arrange themselves into rows. It’s Friday morning in a small apartment in southern Delhi, where […]
A New Publication Launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Human Rights & Islam Journal
A New Publication Launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Human Rights & Islam Journalhttps://t.co/Ay1tO7t5z1 @MuslimPoly @mansoortshams @MuslimIQ @BarackObama @JustinTrudeau @HillaryClinton @MikeGhouse @akramkhalid @abdelalimx @RMohamedali @SalmaJavidKhan @Sohail_Calgary pic.twitter.com/dRYiRylug0 — The Muslim […]
London Breed Becomes the First African-American Woman to be Elected San Fransisco’s Mayor
Source: Time By Janie Har / AP (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious a week after Election Day to become the city’s first African-American woman elected […]
Pew Research Center: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
New today: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religionhttps://t.co/x05GFpHgXl pic.twitter.com/sTvq5uzo1W — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 12, 2018
Urdu Video: Hijab or Purdah In Modern Days — Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra) Speech of Lajna 29th July, 1995; discussing about the Hijab or Pardah in this Speech. Suggested reading Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the […]
Christian women are wearing hijabs in solidarity with Muslims during Ramadan
Source: Independent By Narjas Zatat in news Non-Muslim women across the world are wearing the hijab for 30 days as part of the Ramadan Hijab challenge. The initiative was created by the World […]
Muslim Jurists are Wrong, Husbands Cannot Beat Wives
By T.O. Shanavas, who is a native of Kerala, India and is now based in the USA. He is the author of “Islamic Theory of evolution of Evolution the Missing Link between Darwin and The Origin of Species.” Co-author of the book, And God Said, “Let There Be Evolution!” Reconciling […]
Irish vote shows need for new pro-life strategy
Source: Religion News Service By Thomas Reese (RNS) — The overwhelming vote in Ireland in favor of allowing access to abortion shows that the pro-life movement needs a new strategy. Trying […]