Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row
Source: BBC Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is caught up in a bitter row over racism. Ms Faruqi, […]
Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary For Congress In Minnesota
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary on Tuesday for the state’s 5th Congressional District, putting her on a path to make history. […]
Tunisians protest giving women equal inheritance rights
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions Source: Reuters TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people […]
The Muslim Times Promoting Hijab rather than Burqa after Boris Johnson’s ‘Burqa Storm’
Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura LONDON — The gibe, ridiculing burqa-wearing Muslim women as “letter boxes” and […]
Rashida Tlaib may be the first Muslim woman in Congress
Michigan Democrat likely to be first Muslim woman elected to Congress Source: Time Rashida Tlaib will likely be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress after CNN has projected her […]
British law can dissolve an Islamic marriage and divide assets of the couple
U.K. Court Can Dissolve a Muslim Marriage, Judge Rules Source: The New York Times By Richard Pérez-Peña LONDON — A Muslim woman can have a British court dissolve her religious marriage […]
Six women tell The New Yorker that CBS chief Les
Source: CNN by Jill Disis @jdisisJuly 27, 2018: 7:57 PM ET CBS chief Les Moonves accused of sexual misconduct The New Yorker has published an investigation that details allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidation […]
These Candidates Could Be America’s First Muslim Women In Congress
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman DEEDRA ABBOUD / STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES / RASHIDA TLAIB / FAYROUZ SAAD / TAHIRAH AMATUL-WADUD From left: congressional candidates Deedra Abboud, Ilhan Omar, Rashida […]
Apple is helping bring education to girls in Brazil
Source: CNN By Heather Kelly Forty students learning how to code in a classroom on the third floor of Pontifical Catholic University in downtown Rio de Janierio got an unusual […]
Is God male? The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And […]
Saudis arrest another women’s right activist
Source: Al Jazeera News Saudi Arabia has arrested Hatoon al-Fassi, a Saudi women’s rights activist and writer, as part of its crackdown on activists in the kingdom, a human rights group […]
China: new rules to prevent sex-selective abortions raise fears
Source: The Guardian By Lily Kuo New rules restricting abortions in a Chinese province have prompted concern from citizens and activists over state control of women’s bodies. Jiangxi province issued […]
Iran arrests two prominent supporters of anti-head scarf protests
Source: Los Angeles Times By SHASHANK BENGALI and RAMIN MOSTAGHIM Iranian authorities on Wednesday jailed a prominent human rights lawyer who has defended women who removed their mandatory Islamic head scarves in public. […]
Argentina lawmakers in marathon abortion debate
Source: BBC News Lawmakers in Argentina spent Wednesday afternoon and the entire night debating whether to allow women to have abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. A vote […]
A New Publication Launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Human Rights & Islam Journal
A New Publication Launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Human Rights & Islam Journalhttps://t.co/Ay1tO7t5z1 @MuslimPoly @mansoortshams @MuslimIQ @BarackObama @JustinTrudeau @HillaryClinton @MikeGhouse @akramkhalid @abdelalimx @RMohamedali @SalmaJavidKhan @Sohail_Calgary pic.twitter.com/dRYiRylug0 — The Muslim […]
London Breed Becomes the First African-American Woman to be Elected San Fransisco’s Mayor
Source: Time By Janie Har / AP (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious a week after Election Day to become the city’s first African-American woman elected […]
Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
Pew Research: Muslim societies have sometimes faced criticism for failing to adequately educate women. Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai have contributed to this perception, raising the question of whether Islam itself hampers women’s education. But a new analysis of Pew Research Center data on educational attainment and […]
Pew Research Center: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
New today: Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religionhttps://t.co/x05GFpHgXl pic.twitter.com/sTvq5uzo1W — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 12, 2018
Urdu Video: Hijab or Purdah In Modern Days — Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra) Speech of Lajna 29th July, 1995; discussing about the Hijab or Pardah in this Speech. Suggested reading Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the […]
A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York
Source: PRI By Katherine Fung When Neriza Caspe said goodbye to her four children in the Philippines 18 years ago, she didn’t know how long she’d be gone — just that […]
