Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment
By Mir Sabbir; BBC Bengali, Dhaka Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed […]
India’s Supreme Court considers call to open mosques to women
Reporting by Subrat Patnaik and Suchitra Mohanty in New Delhi; additional reporting by Munsif Vengattil; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani, Robert Birsel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court agreed on […]
USA: Islam in America: When two women decided to pray with men
Source: Dawn.com Muslim women in the West do not disown Islam. Like other Muslims, they too love it. They also are not afraid of the anti-Muslim sentiments that emerged after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. When confronted, they defend their faith with as much fervour and clarity as men […]
No Women Priests Still, Even though Francis says the Church should support women’s rights
Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should support women’s rights Source: Washington Post Pope Francis said it’s time for the Catholic Church to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and […]
Women Die From Heart Attacks More Often Than Men. Here’s Why — and What Doctors Are Doing About It
Source: Time BY BARBARA SADICK Lilly Rocha was 37 years old in 2008 when she began having strange symptoms. When people asked her questions, she knew the answers but couldn’t articulate […]
Ilhan Omar Talks Of ‘Sisterhood’ With Female Democrats In Congress
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman “My sadness is the sadness of my sisters here in Congress. And their success is my success,” the congresswoman told Ava DuVernay for Interview […]
India: Kochi’s women auxiliary [Lajna Ima’illah] of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts interfaith event promoting religious harmony & unity
March 31, 2019 – Palluruthy, Kerala, India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s auxiliary [Lajna Imaillah] host an interfaith event promoting religious harmony and unity at Masjid Mahmood in Palluruthy. The event was organised by the Palluruthy and Kochi chapters of Lajna Imaillah. It was attended by Councillors, teachers and the secretary of […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women (Lajna Imaillah) Shimoga host a successful Interfaith Conference on Peace
Shimoga, March 31, 2019: This summer in Shimoga, a City in Karnataka, South India, had flavours of different faiths speaking the anthem of peace by their respective religions. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Shimoga’s Womens Auxiliary called Lajna Imaillah hosted a successful Interfaith Conference on Peace for women on 31 March […]
Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back.
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt March 26 Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list. “There’s […]
NASA Nixes the Upcoming All-Women Spacewalk
Source: Time BY HILLARY LEUNG Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain were set to exit the International Space Station and make history together on March 29 with the first all-female spacewalk. […]
Denmark: Afghan Refugee Nadia Nadim Scales Summit of Women’s Football
Source: Arab News Afghan Refugee Nadia Nadim Scales Summit of Women’s Football Nadim sets sights on women’s World Cup glory this summer. Former Afghan refugee plans to become a doctor […]
Pakistani lawmakers claim women’s march was anti-Islam
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Provincial lawmakers in northwestern Pakistan have assailed as anti-Islamic women’s marches held earlier this month across the country to mark the International Women’s Day. Lawmakers in […]
Can acupuncture help menopause symptoms?
Source: BBC News By Laurel Ives For some women, the menopause and the years leading up to it, can be a time of troubling emotional and physical symptoms. Hormone replacement […]
Trial of prominent Saudi woman activist to start this week: family
Source: Reuters RIYADH (Reuters) – The trial of Loujain al-Hathloul, one of nearly a dozen prominent Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists detained since last year, will begin on Wednesday, her […]
UK: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association held an exhibition at Fullwell Cross Library to mark International Women’s Day
Source: ilfordrecorder.co.uk International Women’s Day 2019: Redbridge Sikh & Ahmadiyya Muslim women’s groups unite for gender equality PUBLISHED By: Aaron Walawalkar The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association held an exhibition at […]
Finding a Place in Women’s Mosques
Source: The Atlantic By Doreen Carvajal PARIS — These are heady times for Kahina Bahloul, organizer of a women’s mosque in France, a country that is home to the largest […]
Muslim Times Collection to Promote Women Rights — Idolatry at the Western Wall
Idolatry at the Western Wall Source: The New York Times By Bari Weiss The fight against religious fundamentalism sometimes means getting spit on. JERUSALEM — It is a strange experience […]
Iran lawyer convicted after defending women protesters
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran who defended protesters against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarves for women […]
Islam and Women: International Women’s Day
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/J22JsJIqJa — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) March 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Mother Mary is always with a Hijab in artist's […]