Burkini ban brings fine to condo administration in Turkey
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA The state-run Turkish Human Rights and Equality Agency (TIHEK) slapped a TL 5,000 ($729) fine on the administration of a condominium that banned women from […]
Muslim woman becomes first hijab-wearing judge in UK
Source: The National Aaffia Arshad, 40, says her promotion is great news for diversity in the UK legal system A woman in Britain who has become the first judge in […]
A Great Early Muslim Woman: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya
Source: Patheos by Dan Peterson I’m beginning to write up a brief introductory discussion of the great early Muslim mystic Rābiʿa al-‘Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya. In order to do so, I’m drawing […]
Germany Calls 14000 Syrian Refugee Doctors to Help Tackle Coronavirus
Germany calls on migrant medics to help tackle coronavirus Source: The Guardian By Kate Connolly in Berlin Country has 14,000 Syrian refugee doctors waiting for qualifications to be approved Coronavirus […]
MuslimGirl founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh announces congressional run in New Jersey
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder of MuslimGirl.com, has become the first Muslim woman to run for Congress in New Jersey. On Saturday (April 4), Al-Khatahtbeh announced […]
International Women’s Day 2020: AMWA at Morinville Library
By Dr. Amtul Qadoos Farhat, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Women Rights, Islam and Canada March 8th is the International Women’s Day. In this regard Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association (AMWA) […]
Weinstein found guilty of criminal sex act and rape
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Islam should also be about just society and absolute justice, rather than an obsession with whether Fajr Salat has two, four or six rakats. […]
Women and Islam: Segregation of Women in Islam: Separate Venue, not Value
Source: Review of Religions By Munavara Ghauri Recently Daniel Gee of the Farnham Herald interviewed the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba).[1]Concerning the rights of Muslim women and the reason why men and women are segregated at Ahmadiyya Muslim events, His Holiness […]
Bangladesh: Lajna Ima’illah organizes a free Medical Camp for the people of Mirpur in Dhaka – A Report
Service to mankind is service to God. Islam totally believes in it because second half of Islamic Shariah is ‘Serving Makind’, the first half being ‘Worship of God’. *Lajna Ima’illah refers to the Women’s Auxiliary Organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Accordingly on 20 January 2019 a free medical camp […]
IN: Shimoga’s Lajna Imaillah in association with Humanity First India organize a Ladies Led Medical Camp at Rayanhalli, Karnataka
Report by Incharge Humanity First, South Karnataka Humanity First India’s Shimoga Branch In Association with Zilla Lajna Imaillah Shimoga Had a Successful Ladies Led Medical Camp at a Remote Village called ‘Rayanhalli’ of District Chitradurga. 2 Doctors and a team of 14 Voulenteers all Ladies, started early Morning to Rayanhalli […]
Debate: The Sexual Misery of the Arab World / The Sexual Misery of the Western World
The Sexual Misery of the Arab World Source: New York Times By Kamel Daoud ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions 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 […]
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 […]
