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 […]
Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition: When would the Muslims and Catholics follow?
Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition By Haley Barker Damcho Diana Finnegan, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, called the ordination ceremony ‘a major step towards […]
One Hijabi at a time: Fatima Payman becomes first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in Australian parliament
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: If Muslims can control their Taliban and let their women flourish and overcome sectarianism, Many of the democratic Islamic values will win during this […]
A Muslim Woman Inspirational Speaker: We all are Perfectly Imperfect
Epigraph: Then which of your Lord’s favors will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny? (Al Quran 55:13) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about human psychology and […]
Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home
Kabul (CNN) A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested […]
Zainab Salman’s new campaign Pyaare Baba is a tribute to fathers who ‘raised beautiful, strong daughters’
Epigraph: Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Whoever supports two girls till they attain maturity, he and I will come on the Day of […]
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. […]
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious space at a women-only mosque in Los Angeles
Source: The Conversation As Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of a month of fasting from dusk till […]
Al-Qarawiyyin, world’s oldest, continually operating university, was founded by a Muslim woman
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JUN 07, 2020 EDITED BY YASEMIN NICOLA SAKAY The world’s oldest university is not in Europe, as most people would assume; it is in Morocco and was […]
An Afghan Lady Ted Talk: What it’s like to be a war refugee
Zarlasht Halaimzai Refugee rights advocate and writer; See speaker profile Zarlasht Halaimzai is the founder of Amna, the refugee healing network. Amna helps refugees heal from the trauma of war […]
Not so straight forward way of defending the Muslim women rights
I feel sorry for ex-Ahmadis when they accuse Jammat of shaming women. I can only say this is a result of both their arrogance & their lack of experience with […]
Plight of Women in the Muslim World
Source: Daily Times By Dr Khadija Bari, who is an Associate Professor and Director Population Research Center at Institute of Business Administration Karachi. MARCH 23, 2022 Examining the disenfranchisement of […]
Ratio of female academics in Turkey surpasses 45%
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2022 Associate professor Nurcan Tunçbağ of Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) works on a computer, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 11, 2019. (AA File Photo) […]