German Catholic Church Debates Sexuality, Celibacy and Women’s Roles
With the German church’s global influence, a meeting of bishops and laypeople to take up hot-button topics has led to warnings of a new schism, originating in the home of […]
In Egypt, polygamy has its apologists and nemeses
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
Egypt court sides with woman against unequal inheritance law
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian woman says she’s scored an important legal victory against her country’s inheritance laws, which grant female heirs half of what they grant men. Huda Nasrallah, […]
Video: The Real and Compassionate Face of Islam
Epigraph We have not sent you Muhammad, but as mercy for the whole of mankind! (Al Quran 21:107/108) Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD Nobel Prize for a noble woman […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say […]
British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say
Source: Independent ‘The government is always perfectly happy to relegate minority women to kangaroo courts and faith-based parallel legal systems’ By Maya Oppenheim, @mayaoppenheim Women are being left to go […]
Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam?
Source: Al Hakam The Promised Messiah Responding to Allegations Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam? By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Canada Gender equality is one […]
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Source: Al Jazeera Case involving Coptic Christian woman comes as calls for equal inheritance rights reverberate across the Arab world. An Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws […]
‘Save Catholic church’ by lifting ban on female priests, activists say
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida in Rome Campaigners gather outside Vatican as church struggles with shortage of priests Campaigners have gathered in Rome to call for the lifting of a ban on female priests that would “save the Catholic Church” where it is failing to ordain enough men. Activists from […]
Survey finds 70 per cent of Malaysian Muslim women believe polygamy is a right for men
Prominent women’s rights activist Marina Mahathir says there is a disconnect between what Muslim women expect and what happens in real life By Tashny Sukumaran A whopping 70 per cent […]
Generation Global: The Swiss nun who wants to end celibacy
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We […]
Female candidate encourages Emirati men to marry more than one wife
A candidate in this year’s Federal National Council elections is calling for Emirati men to be encouraged to marry more than one wife as a solution to “spinsterhood” among […]
Toronto Raptors Introduce Branded Hijabs
Inspired by those brave enough to change the game. The Toronto Raptors Nike Pro Hijab is available now.#WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/D1fY1mWGhy — Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) September 13, 2019 Source: New York […]
Interfaith Seminar: Role of Women as Nation Builders
Suggested reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal
Urdu Dramas: A Vehicle for Social Change?
Durr-e-Shehwar (Urdu: دُرّ شہوار) is a Urdu language Pakistani telenovela written by Umera Ahmed and directed by Haissam Hussain. First broadcast in Pakistan by Hum TV, Durr-e-Shehwar, which premiered in Pakistan on 10 March 2012, has been produced by Momina Duraid and […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women? https://t.co/E6UbsSI1wx via @wordpressdotcom — […]
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 to […]
Women Can be Queens, Astronauts and Presidents but Not Deacons
Pope: Commission on female deacons disagrees on ordination Source: AP ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Tuesday that an international commission of scholars has failed to reach […]
Princess Haya: champion for women’s rights
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page The Muslim Times has the best collection for women rights, especially the Muslim women rights […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Hamilton invites you to join Islamic Heritage Month Celebrations
Source: allevents.in Islamic Heritage Month (Women-Only Event) TIME Sat Oct 05 2019 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm VENUE: Stoney Creek Municipal Service Centre, 777 Hamilton Regional Road 8, Hamilton, Canada CREATED BY Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Islamic Heritage Month (Women-Only Event) Celebrate Islamic Heritage month with us on Saturday, October 5th, 2019! […]