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 […]
Source: BBC Wearing the hijab is a legal requirement for women in Iran. But a controversial Facebook campaign is calling on female tourists visiting the country to post pictures […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor In her book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, author Sarah Bessey writes about the stereotypes that the […]
Source: Independent UK I recognise the irony of the fact that the first university in the world was established by a Muslim woman, yet today many are denied an education. […]
Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]
Source: Associated press VRINDAVAN, India (AP) — Aruna Samaddar threw fistfuls of colored powder into the air. Blue and red and green, the cheerful colors settled on her white sari […]
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Source: Reuters A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalizes violence against women to […]
The Muslim Times’ has most extensive collection on Women Rights. Suggested Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal
Source: The Muslim Matters By Daniel Haqiqatjou LOS ANGELES, United States — After Woodstock came campus surveys on sexual assault. After bra-burning came date rape. The Sexual revolution of the […]
Source: Pew Research Forum Many Catholics say the church should change its stance on key issues. In particular, they would like to see it expand eligibility for the priesthood, relax […]
Source: Time “Women’s history is women’s right” Many things have come to womankind surprisingly recently: The right to vote. The right to own property. And, perhaps less surprisingly, the existence […]
History.com In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th […]
When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this […]
Source: BBC Balkissa Chaibou dreamed of becoming a doctor, but when she was 12 she was shocked to learn she had been promised as a bride to her cousin. She […]
Myopia of the Muslim Mullahs has shown again that every woman and every moderate man should seek secularism Source: Express Tribune By Qaiser Butt ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) […]
Source: Times of Malta By Laiq Ahmed Atif The status of women in Islam is an issue that is largely misunderstood in present times. Muslim women are generally viewed as […]
For our posts promoting women rights, please click here Source: The Local The female imam at Mariam Mosque, which is opening at an undisclosed location in Copenhagen this week, hopes […]
Photo: Kurlow wants to be the first professional ballerina to dance in a hijab. Fourteen Year-Old Australian Muslim Girl Dreams to Be the First Hijabi Ballet Dancer A young Muslim ballerina wants other girls like her to know they can make a change — no matter their beliefs or the […]
Source: Huffington Post India is slowly giving women the recognition they deserve. The Delhi high court ruled that the eldest female member of a family can now act as the […]