Indian Muslim Women Seek Supreme Court for Entry in All Mosques
Women at SC door for mosque gate-pass Source: Telegraph India New Delhi, Jan. 30: A group of Muslim women has decided to move the Supreme Court demanding entry into all […]
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies For Olympics, Will Become First U.S. Athlete To Compete In A Hijab
By Brandon Penny | Feb. 02, 2016, 4:57 a.m. (ET) Before even scoring a point, Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by being the first […]
David Cameron needs to look beyond the veil
Source: The Guardian By Remona Aly For a man with an in-tray that never empties, David Cameron has strange priorities. This week, with the world economy shaking perilously and the EU […]
Women in Sheraniland: A Case for Secularism
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
India Needs to “Save its Daughters” Through Education and Gender Equality
Source: Global Issues By Neeta Lal (New Delhi) NEW DELHI, Jan 08 (IPS) – Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in […]
US Muslim Group Launches Campaign to Reclaim the Meaning of ‘True Islam’ from Extremists
Source: Newsweek BY LUCY WESTCOTT ON 12/30/15 AT 9:04 PM The “True Islam” campaign, created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, aims to correct misconceptions about the religion and unite […]
Number of female solicitors in Scotland overtakes male for first time
Huff Post: by Severin Carroll — Just over half of practising solicitors are women, but they are still under-represented in senior roles Senior judges at the Court of Session in […]
Japan top court upholds law on married couples’ surnames
Source: BBC The Japanese Supreme Court has upheld a law that married couples must have the same surname, in a blow to women’s rights activists. Campaigners have said the law […]
Indian Mulla ‘Women only fit to deliver children’ and a list of female Nobel Prize Laureates
Gender equality against Islam, says Kerala Sunni leader Source: Indian Express A prominent Indian Muslim leader said on Saturday that women could never equal men as “they are only fit to […]
Feminism in Islam and Sikhism at SOAS university, UK
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Student Association, UK (AMWSA) Meet the world at SOAS SOAS is a truly global university, with an influence way beyond its London home. With unique and unrivalled […]
How Did the Muslim Times Celebrate International Women’s Day 2015
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 […]
Muslim women’s bodies – the hottest property in 2014
Source: telegraph.co.uk Dated-Sunday, 4th January, 2015 When it comes to Muslim women, it’s still all about what we wear – and the last 12 months only serves to confirm this sad state of affairs. What we say, our achievements, opinions and self-determination continue to be brushed aside. Even as women’s […]
Hijab in the Bible and Torah
Part 1 – Hijab in Christian Denominations By Aisha Stacey- The literal meaning of hijab is to veil, to cover or to screen. It encompasses more than just a dress […]
Ahmadiyya women state gender equality present in their faith – Morden
Read another wonderful article: Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal By Sabiha Hamid Female delegates at the Pan-African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association conference […]
Polygamy: Religion Twisted To Fit the Needs and Whims of Men
Polygamy: Religion Has Been Twisted To Fit the Needs and Whims of Men Inside Polygamy: Reader Response By Rafia Zakaria, 04 October, 2014 If the comments and letters are evidence, Pakistani men have discarded the second portion of the relevant clause on polygamy, the one that […]
Africa Union troops ‘raped’ girls in Mogadishu, Somalia
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
Africa Union troops 'raped' girls in Mogadishu, Somalia
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
Why are so many people obsessed with Muslim women’s wardrobes?
It’s dangerous to target a minority of women for the way they dress, argues Shaista Aziz If someone asked you to list the most sinister developments of our time, I […]
Why are so many people obsessed with Muslim women's wardrobes?
It’s dangerous to target a minority of women for the way they dress, argues Shaista Aziz If someone asked you to list the most sinister developments of our time, I […]
Man tore off woman’s hijab in Long Beach hate crime; suspect sought
he Long Beach Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the man who committed a hate crime against a Muslim woman in the Bixby Knolls area. Authorities said the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. July 2 in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 4000 block […]