Saudi Arabia Has Issued Its First Driver’s Licenses to 10 Women
Source: Time By AYA BATRAWY / AP (DUBAI) — Saudi Arabia issued its first driver’s licenses to 10 women on Monday as the kingdom prepared to lift the world’s only ban […]
Muslim Jurists are Wrong, Husbands Cannot Beat Wives
By T.O. Shanavas, who is a native of Kerala, India and is now based in the USA. He is the author of “Islamic Theory of evolution of Evolution the Missing Link between Darwin and The Origin of Species.” Co-author of the book, And God Said, “Let There Be Evolution!” Reconciling […]
On Abortion Rights, Ireland Has Mirror Image in Conservative Poland
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Drew Hinshaw and Francis X. Rocca WARSAW, Poland—Ireland’s vote on Friday to legalize abortion echoed through another Roman Catholic-majority country in Europe, but one […]
Abuse and Violence Against Women Are There Any Solutions?
By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman. Nashville, TN Breaking News: Harvey Weinstein arrested for alleged rape. We are all aware of the “Me Too” movement. Basically, women are coming forward to […]
Ireland votes on its abortion ban, a ‘once in a generation’ decision
Source: The Washington Post By William Booth and Amanda Ferguson Signs for repealing and keeping Ireland’s abortion ban seen this month next to a cemetery in Castlerea. (James Forde for The Washington Post) […]
No one is above the Law in USA: Harvey Weinstein will be charged with rape, source says
Source: CNN By Brynn Gingras, Emanuella Grinberg and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York (CNN)Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to New York police Friday morning on charges that he raped […]
Saudi Arabia widens crackdown on women’s rights activists
Source: BBC News Saudi Arabia has reportedly arrested three more women’s rights activists in a crackdown launched just weeks before a ban on women driving will be lifted. Human rights […]
How an Irish-American woman’s legal case helped spur Ireland’s abortion referendum
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker DUBLIN — On a shelf in Amanda Mellet’s bedroom sits a wooden box that holds the ashes of her baby girl. A small plaque […]
Ramadan: Women and the Stress of Cooking
By Maryam Hedayat The holy month of Ramadan is starting, the month in which Allah, the Almighty, opens His doors of mercy, forgiveness and blessings upon Muslims. This month is […]
Happy Mother’s Day to All the Mothers of the World
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
The domestic gag rule on abortion, explained
Source: Vox By Anna North The Trump administration last year reinstated — and expanded — a rule banning family planning clinics that get aid money from the United States from performing abortions or […]
Pope assigns Vatican office to promote women’s participation
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday assigned a Vatican office to concern itself with the role of women in the Catholic Church and their “equal dignity” — his latest effort to address longstanding complaints of women’s second-class status in the church. Francis approved new statutes […]
Hitting Women – That’s Messed Up – Nouman Ali Khan
I believe every ayah is a perfect gift from Allah. So protecting the integrity of an ayah about hitting women is very important. A new episode of “That’s Messed Up” […]
Domestic Violence: New York AG Eric Schneiderman resigns over assault allegations
Washington (CNN) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned, following a report on allegations of assault by multiple women in The New Yorker. “It’s been my great honor and […]
‘We are shocked’: More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women denounce leader’s ‘objectifying’ comments, advice to abused women
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women have signed an open letter to the trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that says they are “grieved by […]
Ted Talk: The Best Leader for the Women Rights – President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 120 Women Who Changed Our World Source: MSN News BY Kara Lad MALALA YOUSAFZAI 1997-ACTIVIST […]
Amnesty chief calls Latin America’s abortion laws violence against women
Source: The Guardian By Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s secretary general, urges Argentina and others to reform draconian legislation and says human rights have deteriorated across region A demonstrator paints a slogan on the street in demand of women’s access to safe, free and legal abortion, during a […]
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Book written by Lesley Hazleton, who is a British-American author whose work focuses on the vast and volatile arena in which politics and religion intersect Brief review from Amazon: In this […]
America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Israeli authorities block adverts urging female airline passengers not to move seats for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men
Source: Independent By Chris Baynes Israeli authorities have refused to display adverts informing female airline passengers they are not obliged to change seats at the request of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men […]