The Treatment of Widows In Islam
Nila AhmadWomen’s Section 23rd June 2025 © Shutterstock Nila Ahmad, USA Today marks International Widow’s Day, ratified by the United Nations to bring attention to the difficulties many widows and their […]
Responsibilities of Muslim Women as Wives
Reem ShraikyMARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS 3rd March 2024 © Shutterstock Reem Shraiky, UK Islam has paid significant attention to the family unit because it is the primary building block of society. […]
Answers to Everyday Issues – Part 69: Hinduism, Buddhism, announcement for things lost in a mosque, age of marriage, sadaqah or gifts
16th February 2024 Click here for Part 68 Guidance regarding basic Islamic issues – which Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa has given on various occasions in his written correspondence and […]
Reflections on ‘Underage’ Marriage
WRITTEN BY RIZWAN KHAN| OCTOBER 2023| ISLAM, SOCIETY, WOMEN Any attempt to pin down a single universal number as a minimum age for marriage is baseless. Therefore, we see the variance in the age of sexual consent even within countries situated next to each other. Within Europe, the age of consent is fourteen years old […]
OIC to host Jeddah conference on women in Islam
ARAB NEWS November 05, 2023 JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation hosts the international conference “Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment” in Jeddah on Monday. The three-day event is dedicated […]
Narges Mohammadi from Iran 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner
6 October 2023, 09:30 AM WAT New Information 5 hours ago Iranian Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The winner of the Nobel award for the […]
Why Is France So Obsessed With Controlling Muslim Women’s Bodies?
Source: MSN Earlier this month, France’s top administrative court upheld the government’s decision to ban abayas in schools, after a Muslim rights group had argued that the measure was discriminatory. […]
First Muslim woman confirmed as federal judge
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Updated 9:45 PM EDT, Thu June 15, 2023 Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim […]
Happy Mother’s Day: National Geographic Pictures for Mother’s Day 2022
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents—his mother bears him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years—‘Give thanks to Me and to your parents. […]
Afghanistan girls’ education: ‘When I see the boys going to school, it hurts’
By Yogita Limaye Afghanistan correspondent “Every day I wake up with the hope of going back to school. They [the Taliban] keep saying they will open schools. But it’s been […]
Al-Azhar grand imam’s Ramadan TV programme kicks off with focus on women’s rights
Amr Kandil , Friday 24 Mar 2023 Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb kicked off the second season of his Ramadan TV programme Al-Imam El-Tayyeb on Thursday with a focus on […]
Defending Women’s Spaces
Munavara GhauriWOMEN’S SECTION 8th March 2023 #InternationalWomen’sDay ©Shutterstock Munavara Ghauri, UKEditor, Women’s Section Campaigner Karen Ingala Smith has 3 decades’ experience of researching violence against women. Her recent book, ‘Defending […]
Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century
1 / 2 UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed says Muslim countries need to help Afhanistan’s Taliban rulers to move from the “13th century to the 21st.” (AFP file) 2 / 2 In […]
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from universities amid condemnation
Source: BBC The Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country. The higher education minister announced the regression on […]
Answers to Everyday Issues – Part 42: Divorce, body piercing, Dhul Hijjah, ghusl of the deceased, hardships of a believer, sadaqah
21st October 2022 Click here for Part 41 Guidance regarding basic Islamic issues – which Hazrat Amirul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih Vaa has given on various occasions in his written correspondence and […]
Video Animation: Iran’s Hijab Protests
Inspired by the custodial death of #MahsaAmini over improper hijab, Iranian artist Bahadur Hadizadeh creates an animation of #Tehran‘s Azadi Tower adorned by dark hair blowing in the wind.#IranProtests#IranProtests2022#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/fwrVnYVxUK […]
‘Systemic Failure’: The Prison Sexual Abuse Scandal Shaking Israel
Source: Haaretz By Allison Kaplan Sommer In a country all-too-familiar with sex crime revelations, a new one involving a Palestinian prisoner and soldiers placed in the prison service, is enraging […]
Pakistan celebrates its first woman to summit K2
Samina Baig is now the only Pakistani woman to have conquered both Mount Everest and K2 AFP July 22, 2022 Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday celebrated Samina […]
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women’s social media protest against Taliban
Women around the world are sharing pictures of themselves in traditional colourful clothes in a campaign against the new strict dress code for female students Source: The Guardian 2021 After […]