David Cameron is right, poor literacy does fuel radicalisation
Source: Belfast Telegraph By Madiha Walker A graduate in Arabic and Islamic studies. She writes on social affairs and culture, with a specific interest in gender and Muslim women in […]
10 things the Quran says about domestic violence
By Olamide Oni; who is a Senior Associate at Pulse. She is a creative writer, music lover, and a borderline-obsessed Harry Potter fan. When she isn’t working on her first […]
Women’s Heart Attacks Look Nothing Like Men’s: Report
Source: Time A heart attack can look very different between genders Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, but the telltale signs of […]
‘Traditionally submissive Muslim women’ say who us?
Source: BBC It’s not clear what exact words David Cameron used in private conversation but many Muslim women have taken to Twitter to tell him that they are not quite […]
David Cameron needs to look beyond the veil
Source: The Guardian By Remona Aly For a man with an in-tray that never empties, David Cameron has strange priorities. This week, with the world economy shaking perilously and the EU […]
Isn’t deporting the mothers of young Muslim men likely to drive extremism?
Source: Independent The most obvious flaw in David Cameron’s extremism plan is this. What seems to you more likely to radicalise a young British Muslim: having a mother around the […]
Arrested and jailed for driving in Saudi Arabia
Source: The Economist Our Middle East correspondent speaks to Loujain al-Hathloul and Fahad Albutairi, a married couple, about Loujain’s arrest and incarceration for driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia http://econ.st/1VdXZuT Video here
Only Muslim women can reform Islam
Source: Telegraph By Allison Pearson A lecturer friend was shocked when a student asked if she could miss class to accompany her mum to hospital. The daughter needed to translate for […]
Muslim migrant women with poor English skills may be told to leave Britain
Source: Religion News Service LONDON (USA Today) — Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday attacked what he called “passive tolerance” of some people in Britain’s Muslim communities who support segregation and discrimination against women, and said […]
Muslim women’s art exhibit celebrates diversity
Source: CBC We’re more alike than we are different — that’s the message behind a new art exhibit in Surrey which features the work of nine female Ismaili Muslim artists. […]
Muslim women’s segregation in UK communities must end – Cameron
Source: BBC A £20m fund to teach Muslim women in the UK to speak English will tackle segregation and help them resist the lure of extremism, David Cameron says. While […]
Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan’s first female president
Source: BBC Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China. In her victory speech, she […]
Will India open its temples and mosques to menstruating women?
Source: The Guardian As a girl, Noorjehan Niaz remembers visiting the famous Muslim shrine of Haji Ali and walking down the long causeway off the coastline in south Mumbai, pushing […]
World needs to hear of US religious freedom: booted Muslim
A Muslim woman booted from a Donald Trump rally, urged President Barack Obama to tell the world about religious freedom in the U.S., ahead of his State of the Union […]
Women in Sheraniland: A Case for Secularism
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
‘9 OUT OF 10 COMMANDMENTS INVOLVE COMPASSION’
Source: Public Opinion My faith and practice of medicine go hand in hand By AMATUL KHALID, M.D. I have been a physician for more than 30 years. Many times I […]
Inventions by Western women
INVENTIONS CREATED BY WOWMEN The Car Heater We all owe our thanks to Margaret A Wilcox who invented the car heater in 1893!(Margaret also invented a combined clothes and dishwasher) 2. Monopoly This popular board game was designed by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, originally called the Landlord’s Game. The […]
India Needs to “Save its Daughters” Through Education and Gender Equality
Source: Global Issues By Neeta Lal (New Delhi) NEW DELHI, Jan 08 (IPS) – Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in […]
Gambia says female govt workers must wear headscarves
Source: Reuters Gambia on Tuesday ordered female government employees to wear headscarves at work in a sign that the West African country is embracing a Muslim identity one month after […]
Muslim women who ruled 2015
It has certainly been one of the most difficult decisions to elect the top 10 Muslim Women of 2015: with success not far from revolutionary, Muslim women have not failed to prove themselves successful. But I guess 2015 has been the biggest run around for Muslim women. From the depths […]