In an earlier article, Mr. Qasim Rashid has suggested that it was about time that polygamy should be legalized in America, which can be read here at the Muslim Times. On the one hand, I would like to second Mr. Qasim Rashid’s request that it is about time that polygamy is legalized in Western […]
After Saudi Arabia beheaded a 54-year old Indonesian grandmother in June for stabbing her Saudi employer to death, Indonesia declared a moratorium on the migration of its nationals for domestic employment in the desert kingdom, effective August 1. Although the two countries were to adopt a bilateral agreement for protection […]
Source: The Washington Post On the sweltering August streets of metropolitan Washington, sandals, short skirts and halter tops are seemingly de rigueur. Bare-legged women in the summer’s latest chiffon miniskirts crowd the Metro platform during rush hour. Yet not all women in the area are baring their arms and legs […]
Courtesy / Source: China Daily BEIJING – Census figures show an increasingly imbalanced sex ratio at birth on the Chinese mainland, Deputy Health Minister Liu Qian said at a news conference on Tuesday. However, Liu did not respond to a reporter’s question about whether or when China will relax its family […]
Kat Banyard, founder of UK Feminista and author of The Equality Illusion. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian When Kat Banyard held her first feminist event in 2004, she spent months struggling to attract 90 people. For this year’s event, which will take place in Birmingham next weekend, 200 had […]
Source: Spiegel International The number of attempted suicides is five times as high among young Turkish-German women than their ethnic German counterparts. In a state of limbo between two cultures, they often succumb to despair. Sema, a 27-year-old woman who tried to commit suicide twice, is a case in point. […]
Source: BBC News The video shows a young woman getting into her car for a spin around town with a friend. Giggling away, they sound excited yet nervous. And all the while, they comment on the reactions of passers-by. So far, the story sounds uneventful. After all, millions of women […]
NEW YORK: Karen Asare, Composing half of the nation’s population, Egyptian women constituted a major force in the 2011 Revolution; however, though more than half of the ministers were replaced in the cabinet that was announced yesterday, Read more
Source: Spuiegel International What drives families to commit ‘honor killings?’ Who are the killers and where do they come from? A new study commissioned by the German police has found that the killers are almost always first-generation immigrants from poor backgrounds, that cases aren’t increasing and that courts are making mistakes […]
Manila. Indonesian social worker Tri Mumpuni is among the winners of Asia’s prestigious Magsaysay award this year for giving green technologies to the poor, organizers said on Wednesday. Award foundation president Carmencita Abella said Tri, along with an Indian engineer and a Philippine charity group, had helped harness the technologies […]
By Majeda El Bats, Agence France-Presse, Jordan Times OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – When Sana, who comes from the West Bank city of Hebron, married her Jerusalem-born husband Mohammed 13 years ago, she never imagined their union would lead to a life of fear and hiding. At first, their different residency permits […]
Source / Credit: Human Rights Watch (Geneva) – The adoption by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on June 16, 2011, of a new, groundbreaking treaty to extend key labor protections to domestic workers will protect millions of people who have been without guarantees of their basic rights, Human Rights Watch […]
Source: BBC News A strong socio-cultural preference for boys in conservative Asian societies is blamed for most of the sex selection. In overwhelmingly patriarchal India, dowry makes daughters expensive. China’s one-child policy is thought to be a trigger as women abort girls to have a single boy. Amniocentesis tests and ultrasound scans have […]
Source: Qantara Open any newspaper in the UK today and the two topics that govern any discussion on Muslims are women and extremism. Unsurprisingly, writes Sara Khan, Muslim women feel these topics are inadequately addressed by Muslims themselves. Two British organisations recently decided that the time had come to take […]
By MD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Military Service Council (MSC) headed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has decided to pay SR500,000 compensation to any soldier who is seriously injured or killed while on duty. The council’s decision covers all officers, privates and cadets in […]
By JOUD AL-AMRI | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 21, 2011 23:10 Updated: Jul 21, 2011 23:26 JEDDAH: Though Shariah is clear in its preservation of the rights of all people, some men exploit their wives’ ignorance of such rules to make money when divorcing them. Divorce is legal for both men […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Nafisa Shams Academy for Arts and Crafts has launched several training courses to qualify women to find jobs in shops catering to women customers. Jawaher Al-Zahrani, director general of the academy, said that since its inception in 2005 the organization has been providing training programs based […]
(L-R) Mrs. Catherine Gonzi, Mr. Laiq Ahmed Atif and Mrs. Michelle Muscat Source/Credit: http://www.di-ve.com – editorial@di-ve.com; 21 July 2011 – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta commemorated the centenary of International Women’s Day by organising a seminar about women on Friday, June 17 at the Waterfront Hotel, Gzira. In this respectful gathering talks were […]
Source: Arabnews. According to the police in Jeddah, 20 percent of cases of physical abuse between married couples — 145 a month — involve wives attacking their husbands. More:
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: According to Jeddah police reports, on an average, 145 wives beat their husbands in a month, constituting 20 percent of the annual rates of such incidents. Wives only go for physical violence when they reach a state of explosion and can no longer […]