Air India claims first journey around the world with all-women crew
Source: BBC An Indian airline says it has made the first passenger journey around the world operated by an all-women crew. The Air India flight departed from New Delhi to […]
“Let it be crystal clear that in no respect is a woman’s status less than that of a man.” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men […]
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 […]
Jasvinder Sanghera: I ran away to escape a forced marriage
Source: BBC Jasvinder Sanghera was locked in a room by her parents when she was 16, when she refused to marry the man they had chosen for her. Here she […]
‘Kaur Project’ Captures The Beautiful Diversity Among Sikh Women
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Many women who identify as Sikh share at least one thing in common: The name Kaur. It may be a middle or last name, and it isn’t always how they’re identified legally. But it’s a part of their heritage that dates back centuries and […]
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 […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women of GA Chapter honoring & celebrating Black History Month
Source: https://allevents.in/norcross/muslim-women-honoring-black-history-month/256856128091505 Muslim Women Honoring Black History Month TIME Sat Feb 18 2017 at 11:00 am VENUE Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-GA Chapter, BAITUL ATA 1800 Willow Trail Parkway, Norcross, United States EVENT DETAILS MUSLIM WOMEN HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH Racial Equality is a cherished concept in Islam found in the Holy […]
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 […]
Meet the First Woman to Win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”
Source: Mother Jones By Katie Rose Quandt On Wednesday, Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in 78 years to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, considered the highest honor in mathematics. She was selected for “stunning advances in the theory of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.” The Fields Medal […]
Non-Muslim Americans wear hijab in solidarity for World Hijab Day
Source: BBC Women in America walked in the shoes of Muslim women by wearing a hijab for World Hijab Day. The BBC asked non-Muslim women why they decided to don […]
This 7th Grader Wants to Send All the Young Girls in Her City to See Hidden Figures
Source: Motto By Megan Lasher The film Hidden Figures is already sweeping awards shows and dominating the box office, but its impact far surpasses typical Hollywood accolades. According to […]
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 […]
How the Women’s March United Women of All Stripes
Source: Motto By Charlotte Alter It was unlike anything Gloria Steinem had ever seen before, and she’s seen a lot. The grandmother of modern feminism, who organized countless women’s rights […]