Triple Talaq: The Best Example Against ‘Sharia Law’ and Literalism
India Supreme Court to commence hearing on triple talaq from tomorrow Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas […]
Muslim Personal Law Board should be abolished for the sake of Muslims, says Taslima Nasreen
Source: India TV News Terming AIMPLB an exclusive organisation of Sunni fundamentalists, Taslima Nasreen has advocated its abolition in the interest of the Muslim community itself. Terming All India Muslim […]
“In our religion we’re taught to bring humanity together”, says SU Ahmadiyya Muslim Student
Source: theslateonline.com | By Ali Laughman – Asst. Copy Editor ‘United In Verse’ brings students together through poetry “United in Verse,” a program to join the many languages that are spoken on Shippensburg University’s campus with poetry, was held in the Cora L. Grove Spiritual Center on April 18. Robert Lesman, associate professor […]
Dana Vollmer, the Olympic swimmer racing while six months pregnant
Source: BBC With a little more than 1,000 days to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, preparation – even at this stage – is key. Such is the case […]
Rape Survivor Listens As Judge Praises Former Mormon Bishop Who Abused Her
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller A Utah judge called convicted sexual predator Keith Vallejo “an extraordinarily good man” before sentencing him to prison. A sexual assault survivor was forced […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
Fresh Air Weekend: Why Fewer American Women Are Married Than Ever Before
Rebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies, says the declining marriage rates among adult women reflect expanded choices available to women today. Originally broadcast in NPR in March 1, […]
Lahore: How Jamia’at Tulaba terrorized students of Punjab University
لڑکیاں پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور کی اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ, پنجاب یونیورسٹی, جمعیت By Salim Malik Source: http://www.humsub.com.pk/25917/saleem-malik-26/ پنجاب یونیورسٹی لاہور چھوڑے ہوئے 30 سال ہونے کو ہیں مگر زخم آج بھی تازہ کے تازہ ہیں۔ کریدنے کی ضرورت ہی نہیں۔ جن لوگوں نے پنجاب یونیورسٹی میں پڑھا نہیں وہ اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کی […]
Oklahoma lawmaker defends pregnancy from rape and incest as ‘beauty from ashes’
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Phillips March 25 Oklahoma lawmaker on abortion in rape and incest cases: ‘God can bring beauty out of ashes’ During a floor debate on […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader claims gender equality is ‘Zionist plot’ aiming to corrupt role of women in society
Source: Independent UK By Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Ayatollah Khamenei claims West makes women an ‘object of gratification’ Iran’s Supreme Leader has claimed gender equality is a “Zionist plot” aiming to corrupt […]
The men in this Karachi neighbourhood don’t let women obtain CNICs
By YUSRA SALIM Published: March 17, 2017 KARACHI: There exist women in Karachi – the most ‘modern’ city of Pakistan perhaps – who are still deprived of franchise: female residents of a neighbourhood in Mauripur are not allowed to obtain Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). Mauripur is a suburban area […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (AMWA) Carshalton hold Inter-faith Peace Conference
Source: http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/yournews/15152360.To_coincide_with_International_Women___s_Day__the_Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Women___s_Association__AMWA__held_a_Peace_Conference/ To coincide with International Women’s Day, the Carshalton branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (AMWA) held a Peace Conference, inviting women from local churches, synagogues, temples and other places of worship to discuss how interfaith harmony could be spread in the Borough. Delegates from the Carshalton Beeches Baptist […]
UK: Keighley Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association donates to Keighley Women’s Aid Refuge
Source: http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/15148243.Goods_donated_to_Keighley_women__39_s_refuge/ By Alistair Shand AN item-packed hamper has been donated to Keighley Women’s Aid Refuge. The essential goods were given by Keighley Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association. The initiative was part of a UK-wide campaign by the national organisation to celebrate International Women’s Day. Aneesa Rahman, for the Keighley association, said: “I […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association hold exhibition to highlight the role of “Muslim Women in Islam”
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/exhibition_in_barkingside_challenges_portrayals_about_muslim_women_1_4926154 Exhibition in Barkingside challenges portrayals about Muslim women Rosaleen Fenton An exhibition aimed at overturning stereotypical assumptions about Muslim women was held last week. The event on International Women’s Day was an attempt to move on from the outdated portrayals that are bestowed upon women, said Samina Siddiqi of […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens organize a ‘women only’ event titled ‘Pioneer Women in My Faith’
Source: http://newyork.carpediem.cd/events/2889709-pioneer-women-in-my-faith-at-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-queens-ny/ 12th MARCH — 15:00 – 17:00
Ahmadi Muslim Women’s Community invites Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at their mosque in Monroe
Source: https://www.evensi.us/invitation-to-sew-with-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-monroe-wa/202373349 PROGRAM: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch (provided) . To enhance our cross-cultural experience and strengthen us as a community, the Ahmadi Muslim Community invites members of the Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at the mosque in Monroe. The sisters of the Ahmadi Muslim […]
Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month
Source: Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month By Dr Amatul Quddus Ayaz-Shams | Marseilles As we commemorate Women’s History Month this March, I wish to elaborate on this subject and shine some light upon the remarkable gestures of generosity and outstanding achievements of the women in my […]
‘Shariah Law’ a Disaster for the Muslim Majority Countries
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Kacem El Ghazzali, writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council, wrote in an article […]
Islam: Restoring Women’s Rights
November 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) In this ground breaking address, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, expounds how, more than a millennium before the secular world, Islam first definitively established and safeguarded the rights of women 1400 years ago, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the different […]
Today is International Women’s Day and We have the Most Extensive Coverage on Women Rights
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]