Is Islam the most feminist religion?
Source: New Age Islam By Bina Shah February 20, 2017 I’ve been reading about Australian youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied (we appeared on an Australian show once together) and her words […]
“Let it be crystal clear that in no respect is a woman’s status less than that of a man.” – Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba)
Published February 28, 2017 Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community addresses female Muslim youth event in London “Let it be crystal clear that in no respect is a woman’s status less than that of a man.” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 25 February 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
“Islam not the same as some Muslims’ actions”, Ahmadiyya community Australia
Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/islam-not-the-same-as-some-muslims-actions/news-story/c6993595a53121c08cffd252fedcf4e7 The Australian | 12:00AM February 27, 2017 Reporter | Adelaide | @VerityEdwardsau The president of an Adelaide mosque says Muslim extremists are abusing Islamic teachings of the Koran, including interpretations that domestic violence is acceptable if marriage counselling fails. Nasir Zia, who heads the Mahmood mosque at Beverley in Adelaide’s west, […]
Australia’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to take part in Clean Up Australia Day 2017 Nationwide
Source: http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/258425/ahmadiyya-muslim-association-australia-will-take-part-in-clean-up-australia-day-2017-nationwide#.WLOpctKGPIU Ahmadiyya Muslim Associations Australia will enthusiastically take part in ‘Clean-Up Australia Day 2017’ with 26 clean-up sites registered all over the country. Complementary BBQ has also been arranged for volunteers and guests on number of sites. Nationwide clean-up sites distribution is as follows: NSW: 9 Clean Up Sites VIC: […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslim women’s annual interfaith event promotes ‘loyalty to one’s nation’
Source: http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/muslim-women-s-annual-interfaith-event-saturday-will-promote-loyalty/article_80e654bc-f9d7-11e6-9278-3b33e009e0ec.html The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association’s annual interfaith women’s event at the Al-Nasr Mosque on Bridge Street has united women from all faiths for almost 20 years. WILLINGBORO — After 12 years in America, Amtul Wadood is still grateful she can go to the grocery store on her own […]
Women’s Rights Become A Battleground For Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Source: NPR By LAUREN FRAYER Jewish women sing songs of worship as they march arm in arm with male supporters through an ultra-Orthodox area of Jerusalem’s Old City. They’re from a […]
India: Celebrating Musleh Ma’ood Day the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Shimoga Distributed Fruits & Exam Kits to “Taranga School for Deaf & Dumb”
INDIA Feb 20 : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Shimoga on eve of Musleh Mo’ud Day Distributed Fruits & Exam Kit for Specially able children of “Taranga School for Deaf & Dumb” Shimoga, Karnataka. Taranga School for deaf & Dumb , Started with a single child providing physiotherapy with handful of […]
Why does the United States still let 12-year-olds get married?
The Washington Post: by Fraidy Reiss — We preach against child-marriage abroad. But thousands of American children are wed annually. Michelle DeMello and her husband Eric DeMello were married when she was just 16 and five months pregnant, and he was 19. This archival photograph was photographed in Lincoln City, […]
Women warriors: the extraordinary story of Khatoon Khider and her Daughters of the Sun
theguardian: by Emma Graham-Harrison — Khatoon Khider used to be a popular Yazidi singer. Now she’s the head of an all-women battle unit with Isis in its sights Long before Khatoon Khider took up a gun, she became famous for singing about another woman who went to war, a tragic […]
Austria’s full-face veil ban is a kneejerk reaction to the rise of the far right
theguardian: by Julia Ebner — In the hope of preserving the status quo the government is enacting a symbolic policy that feeds into identity wars between Muslim and non-Muslim ‘The policy ultimately risks normalising far-right rhetoric, validating populist party programmes and empowering Austrian identity movements by demonising Muslim communities.’ […]
Ahmadiyya goes to Osijek, a city in Eastern part of Croatia
By Zubair Khan In its effort to promote the introduction and unique message, “Love for all hatred for None” on 25.01.2017, Ahmadiyya visited Osijek, a city situated in the eastern part of Croatia. A lecture on the “Status of Woman in Islam” was organised to an audience comprising of […]
Bangladesh’s plan to allow some child marriages is ‘step backwards’
theguardian: by Nita Bhalla — Campaigners say proposed law change permitting child marriage in ‘special cases’ would increase risks of rape, domestic violence and early pregnancy A 15-year-old girl on the day of her wedding to a 32-year-old man in Bangladesh. The country has one of the highest rates of […]
Women’s March Organizer Targeted By Vicious Islamophobic Attacks Online
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias/Carol Kuruvilla — After Muslim activist Linda Sarsour was trolled, thousands showed support with #IMarchWithLinda. THEO WARGO VIA GETTY IMAGES “The opposition cannot fathom to see a Palestinian Muslim American woman that resonates with the masses,” Sarsour wrote of the articles. “Someone whose track record is […]
9 key issues affecting girls and women around the world
Global Citizen: by Hans Glick — Flickr: sandeepachetan I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always “get” the women in my life quite like I do my male friends and relatives—just ask my girlfriend, who is probably convinced I was raised by a pack of wolves considering how oblivious I […]
Thanks to this Afghan woman, 6,000 imams have taken gender-sensitivity training
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Maija Liuhto, Contributor Jamila Afghani, who has battled discrimination since childhood, uses Islam to empower women in Afghanistan. She is committed to continuing the […]
Women suffer much more work stress than men, says psychiatrist
theguardian: by David Batty — Sexism in the workplace and family responsibilities add to pressure as they face unequal pay and lack of support Dr Judith Mohring said women faced additional workplace pressures such as having to prove they were as good as men. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Women suffer […]
Saudi Arabia jails man for a year after he publically called for end of male control over women
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 Man said he launched campaign after finding some ‘female relatives were facing injustice at the hands of their families’ A Saudi man has been jailed […]
Four Ted Talks about Hijab to Solve Islamophobia
Suggested Reading Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize Iranian Woman wins Highest Prize in Math – Fields Medal The Muslim Times has the best collection to refute Islamophobia […]
TED Talk: How I’m working for change inside my church
Chelsea Shields: How I’m working for change inside my church How do we respect someone’s religious beliefs, while also holding religion accountable for the damage those beliefs may cause? Chelsea […]
Sorry, Louise Casey, but Muslim women are held back by discrimination
theguardian: by Aina Khan — I thought my degree would be a passport to a dream job, but in Bradford the ladder of social mobility was always out of reach Bradford, Yorkshire. ‘Not only are Muslim women subject to high levels of unemployment and poverty, but discrimination on the basis […]