Roe v. Wade Lawyer ‘Amazed’ Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion
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 […]
In Rural Nepal, Menstruation Taboo Claims Another Victim
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 […]
New York Times Responds To Backlash From Mormons Over Late Leader’s Obit
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 […]
Islam in Switzerland: Three-quarters of Swiss back a burka ban
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 Muslim Times’ Best for 2017 about Women Rights
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 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 movement in the direction of calling God the Father (or God the Mother) […]
EU laws do not cover Sharia divorce, says ECJ
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 […]
Women and men in both parties say sexual harassment allegations reflect ‘widespread problems in society’
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. […]
Triple talaq: India considers jail for ‘instant divorce’
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 […]
Stop trying to interfere with my right as a parent to dress my daughter in a hijab
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 […]
Muslim Women, Caught Between Islamophobes and ‘Our Men’
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 […]
Most women in UK who have Islamic wedding miss out on legal rights
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Six in 10 women in the UK who have had a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony are not in legally recognised marriages, depriving them of […]
Video: CNN Tipping Point: Sexual Harassment in USA
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
European Parliament to hold “Islam and Women” conference
Source: Tehran Times TEHRAN – The European Parliament is going to hold a conference with the theme of “Islam and Women” in Brussels, today, November 7, 2017. The conference aims […]
Saudi Women Allowed Inside Sports Stadiums In Small Advance For Women’s Rights
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Saudi Arabia has announced plans to allow women to enter sports stadiums starting next year, in the latest incremental advance for women’s rights in the […]
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 […]
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 […]