Ahmadi Muslim Women organize Qur’an Exhibition in Alberta
Bringing Communities Closer in Calgary By Mrs Amtul Noor Daud Canada A month long Quran Exhibition at the Red Deer Public Library , Alberta was organized by Lajna Imā’Illah Calgary […]
Forget the Saudi Driving Ban: The Five Weirdest Beliefs About Women Ever
Time World: by Sophie Brown – “Don’t read so much, you’ll become sterile!” Saudi Arabia is the only country where women are not allowed to drive. On Saturday, dozens of Saudi women took to their cars in defiance of the de facto driving ban and postedvideos of their protest online. While […]
Interfaith Dialogue by Ahmadi Women in Mount Royal University, Calgary
Bringing Communities Closer in Calgary Report by Mubarka Kaleem Ahmad, Calgary Ahmadi Muslim women in Calgary NW organized 1st Annual World Religions Conference at Mount Royal University on Thursday October […]
Women 'better at multitasking' than men, study finds
BBC: It’s not a myth – women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says. Men were slower and less organised than women […]
Women ‘better at multitasking’ than men, study finds
BBC: It’s not a myth – women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says. Men were slower and less organised than women […]
Pakistan's Women Police Fight Criminals, Militants And Scorn At Home
Huff Post: by Katharine Houreld – ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan Oct 21 (Reuters) – When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan’s most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training. During the next 19 […]
Pakistan’s Women Police Fight Criminals, Militants And Scorn At Home
Huff Post: by Katharine Houreld – ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan Oct 21 (Reuters) – When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan’s most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training. During the next 19 […]
A Worldwide Fight Against Street Harassment
The NewYork Times: by Joe Sharkey – Female friends and I began having conversations with male friends who were shocked to hear our stories. One guy looked at me and said, ‘You live in a different New York City than I do.’ And I was like, ‘What’s up with that? […]
Women Catholic Cardinals A Possibility With Pope Francis?
Source: The Huffington Post Pope Francis has said repeatedly that he wants to see greater roles for women in the Catholic Church, and some argue that he could take a […]
Jerusalem life: 'Are you aware? Women should not be strolling outdoors'
Yahoo News: by Christa Case Bryant – As I was interviewing a secular Jewish man off to the side of a street, a flurry of flyers rained down from a balcony above us. “ARE YOU AWARE?” the flyer asked, one side printed in English and the other in Hebrew. “Separating […]
Jerusalem life: ‘Are you aware? Women should not be strolling outdoors’
Yahoo News: by Christa Case Bryant – As I was interviewing a secular Jewish man off to the side of a street, a flurry of flyers rained down from a balcony above us. “ARE YOU AWARE?” the flyer asked, one side printed in English and the other in Hebrew. “Separating […]
Rabbi tortured Jewish husbands to force divorce
NY Daily News: Brooklyn rabbi tortured Jewish husbands with cattle prod to force divorce Two rabbis plotted to kidnap Jewish husbands, torture them with electric cattle prods and force them […]
India’s booming rent-a-womb industry
Dawn.com Most pregnant mothers are kept in Shelter Homes during their days of confinement; critics have dubbed these homes as “baby factories”. Why do women take such a step? A 28-year-old surrogate mother Vasanti, said, “In India, relationships and family are very highly valued. One can do anything for one’s […]
Pakistani military college stops hijab women in entry test
The News Tribe: ISLAMABAD: Veiled women have been stopped for sitting in teachers’ entry test for the posts by military administration of the Federal Government College for Women in Islamabad, […]
Nigerian Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola wins Muslim beauty pageant rival to Miss World
The Times of India: JAKARTA: A Nigerian woman tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital on Wednesday, […]
Have you ever met a woman in a niqab? Has one ever harmed you?
Source: Newstatesman By Aisha Gani Struggling politically? Want to fill columns? Start a debate about the niqab. It’s another opportunity to roll out the veil puns and plaster that stock image […]
Muslim women come together to focus on the importance on Prayer
Examiner.com Eight hundred and fifty women and girls spent a weekend of spiritual workout at the East Coast Annual Ijtema (gathering). The event was sponsored by the women’s auxiliary of […]
‘Help fight moral decadence’
GhanaWeb. The acting Ameer and Missionary-in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, has called on Muslim women leaders to help in fighting moral decadence in the country. He particularly entreated religious bodies in the country, particularly the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association (Lajna Imailah), to rise […]
FPI seek to cross to Bali to disperse Miss World
Around 100 members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) massed in Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Saturday, seeking to cross to the island of Bali to […]
Protest Over Muslim Students Banned From Wearing Veils At Birmingham College
Huffington Post: Following the decision by a college to ban Muslim students from wearing veils, students, leaders and politicians alike are campaigning to have the controversial rule reversed. On Tuesday, […]