Global Issues: by Fabina Frayssinet — BUENOS AIRES, Jun 05 (IPS) – In the wake of the massive response to their call to protest violence against women in Argentina, the organisers of this week’s demonstrations are starting to plan the steps to be taken to get results for their demand […]
Senegal remains one of the most peaceful nations in the African continent. With a massive 95% Muslim population Senegal was a French colony and thousands were people were taken as […]
theguardian: by Jessica Valenti — If sexism impacts mental health, it makes sense that it would also impact suicide risk for young women, no matter where they live How do you explain that the leading cause of death of women aged 15 to 19, worldwide, is suicide? An internationally recognized expert on […]
World Bulletin / News Desk A university in central China has sparked controversy after issuing a rare order banning female students from wearing headscarves on campus. Shaanxi Normal University in […]
Source: The Independent The leaders of an Orthodox Jewish sect in north London have reportedly declared that women should not be allowed to drive in a letter sent out to the community. Rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill have said women driving cars contravenes “the traditional rules […]
Source: The Independent The leaders of an Orthodox Jewish sect in north London have reportedly declared that women should not be allowed to drive in a letter sent out to the community. Rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill have said women driving cars contravenes “the traditional rules […]
By Danielle LoDuca The horrific attacks on September 11, 2001 brought to the forefront of my attention that something was terribly wrong. My peaceful fantasy world was shattered that day. […]
BBC: By Lennox Morrison Is there a must-have accessory for powerful women? I don’t dress to fit in, I dress to stand out. — Dr Genevieve Bell Some rely on […]
Source: BBC By Huda Jawad Why on earth would any girl abandon the liberties of a modern democracy to join the dark ages of IS? Huda Jawad attempts to offer […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
BBC: By Nazir Afzal, who was the Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for North West England from 2011-15. Hundreds of people from the UK have travelled to […]
Source: BBC Could Americans soon be calling their $20 bills “Tubmans?” Move over, former US president Andrew Jackson. Voters of an online poll have chosen famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman to […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him […]
A record of 13 Muslim MPs, up from 8 in 2010, have been elected in one of the most unpredictable and extraordinary general elections in Britain. Eight of the Muslim […]
Source: The Daily Mail House of Fraser is now stocking range of sports hijabs for Muslim women to wear during exercise for £14.99 House of Fraser is now selling a […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 6 May 2015 Thoraya Obaid has become the first woman to be appointed as the head of the human rights committee at the Shoura […]
Epigraph: The Prophet is nearer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are as mothers to them. And blood relations are nearer to one another, according to the Book of Allah, than the rest of the believers from among the Helpers as well as the Emigrants, except […]
Sara Omar, grandma of US President Barack Obama, has emphasized the significance of the Prophet Muhammad exhibition in Makkah and said it reflects the moderate teachings of Islam that […]
Source: Huffington Post | By Yasmina Blackburn I often get into debates with people about women in Islam. How we dress. How we don’t dress. What we think or don’t think […]