Woman ‘fired for wearing hijab’ as boss tells her to ‘keep religion out of the office’
Source: Independent By Rachael Revesz New York A Muslim woman said she was fired as she refused to remove her hijab at work. On the third day at her new job […]
First sitting US President to openly proclaim that he is a feminist
US President Barack Obama calls himself feminist in birthday essay Source: Indian Express He is reportedly the first sitting US president to openly proclaim that he is a feminist. The 1500-word […]
Pakistan To Pass Law Against Honor Killings In Weeks: PM’s Daughter
Source: Huffington Post ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ruling party plans to pass long-delayed legislation against “honor killings” within weeks in the wake of the high-profile murder of an outspoken social […]
Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim
By Sabeeha Rehman This enthralling story of the making of an American is also a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly […]
India: Muslim women fight to overturn triple talaq
Source: Aljazeera An online petition against triple talaq has been signed by 50,000 Muslim men and women across the country. By Shriya Ramakrishnan Twenty five-year-old Salma’s* life crumbled one morning […]
Is India ready to abolish triple talaq?
Source: Aljazeera By Mariya Salim Mariya Salim is a Kolkata born Indian with a degree in human rights law from the School of Oriental and African Studies. “I do […]
Domestic Violence Permitted by the so called Islamic Scholars
By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, USA Recently in Pakistan, the Punjab Assembly passed a law which would make it easier for the women to report domestic violence, abuse and […]
Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against honour killing
Source: The Guardian An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against “honour” killings, with a spokesman calling them “unethical and unjustifiable” following a series of attacks on […]
Muslim men in India speak out against triple talaq and halala
Source: Herald Muslim women’s rights collectives have long been campaigning against the practices of instant triple talaq, polygamy and nikaah–halala in India. Two Supreme Court cases by Shayara Bano and […]
Video: Hillary Clinton Declares Her Nomination A Victory for Women Rights
Published on Jun 7, 2016: The presumptive democratic presidential nominee speaks to supporters in Brooklyn, New York, after securing delegate number needed to clinch the nomination. Source: Vox.com It was […]
Pop Feminism Doesn’t Mean The End Of The Movement
Huff Post: by Ann Friedman — Feminism can’t win. In the backlash years of the ‘80s and early ‘90s, feminism was “the f-word” and stereotyped as uncool — a label […]
Indian tennis star: I owe to myself and family to pen my autobiography
Source: http://www.oneindia.com Paris, June 7: Sania Mirza has been one of the most followed celebrities across India ever since she claimed the junior Wimbledon doubles title in 2003. Earlier this […]
‘Lightly beating’ wife permissible, says CII’s proposed women protection bill
Source: Dawn By RAZA KHAN ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is deliberating on its proposed ‘model’ women’s protection bill, which allows a husband to ‘lightly’ beat his wife ‘if […]
5 Important Issues That Matter to Women in the 2016 Presidential Election
TeenVogue: by Polly Mosendz — With the presidential election just eight months away, politicians are battling it out for the hearts and minds of voters across America. To win any election, candidates need women on their side: According to the Center for American Women and Politics, women have cast more […]
Life After Sexual Slavery Inside ISIS
Source: The Daily Beast When Elham Salah first began her training to be a psychological counselor, she thought that she would be helping local women cope with the effects of domestic and other gender-based violence. However, after almost three years of working at the Jiyan Foundation—a small group in Iraqi […]
What Islam Really Says About Women | Alaa Murabit | TED Talks
Alaa Murabit’s family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what […]
The “correct way” for Muslim men to discipline their wives.
Source.Daily Mail Family therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby releases video on ‘wife discipline’ He advises Muslim men to speak to their wives about disobedience first Then men should ‘forsake their spouses in bed’ by turning backs on them Finally they should ‘beat their wives’ but ‘not to vent their anger’ A Saudi family […]
Riyadh moving against ‘distortion of religion’
Source: Gulf News Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz said he has no problem with the official religious authority on the issue of women driving. The prince told Bloomberg the problem he’s “working to resolve is with those who distort the facts of the […]
Breaking News: Restrictions on Women’s Religious Attire
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
Muslim women sue Denver Airport ground services company that forbade head scarves
Source: The Denver Post By Kirk Mitchell A federal jury trial began Monday in which JetStream Ground Services was accused of not allowing female Muslim employees to wear clothing required […]