Why Muslim Women Are Key to Tackling Extremism
Huff Post: By Samina Ali: Curator, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Arts & Voices As we commemorate the 12th anniversary of 9/11 today, we continue to face turbulence, extremism and hostility between faiths, […]
Hani Khan, Ex-Abercrombie Employee, Scores Legal Win After Being Fired For Wearing Hijab
Source: The Huffington Post A judge ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch violated federal law when the company fired a Muslim worker at one of its Hollister stores for refusing to […]
Muslim girl must go to swimming lessons – German court
Source: BBC A court in Germany has ruled that a Muslim schoolgirl should take part in mixed-sex swimming lessons. Her parents had insisted that the girl, 13, not take part […]
‘Abused Goddesses’ Shows Shocking Images Of Hindu Deities
Huff Post: The bruised and beaten faces of these beautiful Hindu goddesses have an important point to make — that despite the reverence for women that is a part of Hinduism, India’s most populous religion, the country has become extremely unsafe for its female citizens. Ad agency Taproot’s arresting campaign tackles the […]
Tanya Khan – Life Lived for Interfaith Hormony
Lives Lived- Tanya Khan, 38 BY Judy Csillag The Globe and Mail Wife, mother, teacher, interfaith activist, spiritual angel. Born Aug. 3, 1975, in Edmonton, died Aug. 6, 2013, in […]
Worst Countries for Women to live in
Worst countries for women to live in Sierra Leon Worst country in the world for women to live in is Sierra Leon. An average women lives 43 years. The reason for this is they have get worst kind of treatment in the society. For instance if a woman is gang […]
‘The glass ceiling is incredibly low for Muslim women’
Source: The Guardian Prejudice based on their religious clothing and faith is creating extra barriers for workers in the UK Muneera, a 19-year-old art student from London, wants to set […]
“Redefining Rape”: A Brief History of Rape In America
Source: The daily Beast Suffragists march in New York in March 1913. (AP) Social Change “Redefining Rape”: A Brief History of Rape In America 10 hours ago – by Sarah Begley Stanford professor Estelle Freedman’s new book examines how sex crimes oppressed women and blacks in the age of suffrage […]
The modesty police targeting women …
Haaretz: Ultra-Orthodox extremists in Beit Shemesh attempt to scare all women whose dress does not conform to strict standards by plastering warning signs on government-funded health clinics. Warning signs have […]
‘Climate of Islamophobia’: Two attackers rip veil off French girl
RT: A 16-year old girl was attacked in Paris suburb and had the Islamic veil she was wearing torn from her face. As anti-Islamic attacks in France soar, a French […]
Qur’an offers panacea for modern problems
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Thursday 8 August 2013 Source: Arabnews http://arabnews.com/news/460618 There is an urgent need to spread the divine message of Qur’an in the modern world, which […]
Can Men and Women just be friends?
Business Insider: by Meredith Lepore. Can men and women really just be friends? Let’s discuss. In the new film Drinking Buddies, Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson play best friends who work at a Chicago brewery together. They are extremely close, despite both having significant others, and both being extremely attractive. However, […]
Ultra-Orthodox protesters shatter bus windows after female passenger refuses to sit in back
Source: Haaretz: Two buses were stoned by a group of Haredim in Beit Shemesh on Wednesday after the police arrested a man and woman who had asked a female passenger […]
Women and Islam in the middle ages
Source: ahranonline Beyond the stereo-typing of women and the misconception of Islamic beliefs, comes an enlightening study that puts women and Islam in one proper sentence What do we know […]
Using Islam to Combat Domestic Violence
Source: The Daily Beast – by Alaa MurabitLibyan women wear tape over their mouths during a December 2012 protest in Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli calling for more freedom of expression, greater transparency, and a more important role for the judiciary and the security forces. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty) Enlightenment Using Islam to Combat […]
My year of modesty: Terrifying but Liberating
Salon com: I swore off makeup and covered my hair, arms and legs for nine months. It was frightening — and liberating By Lauren Shields The idea for my modesty experiment began when I worked in New York City as a receptionist for a company at Fifth Avenue and 52nd […]
Saudi businesswomen seek level-playing field
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS STAFF Sunday 30 June 2013 A new set of proposals have been unveiled to encourage Saudi women’s business projects. Saudi businesswomen face a series […]
Police set to lift ban on hijab
Jakarta, NU Online: Bowing to pressure from Muslim groups, politicians and rights activists, the National Police is set to revoke an internal regulation that bans female officers from wearing the […]
Violence against women worldwide is ‘epidemic’
Epigraph: And when people are brought together, as if they are a part of a family. And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ And when […]
Hijab Legal Wars
The Muslim Times’ comment: We have modified the title of the news post Source: The Huffington Post Abercrombie Struggling To Prove Fired Woman’s Hijab Hurt Sales: Report Abercrombie & Fitch […]