Meet four of the 5,000 Brits who become Muslims each year
The Sun: EVERY year, more than 5,000 Brits convert to Islam. More than half of those who make the switch are white – and 75 per cent are women. But […]
A Large Interfaith Symposium Planned about Domestic Violence in Buffalo, NY
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV), is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one partner against another […]
Is female circumcision morally recommended?
Indonesian Ulema in favour of female circumcision: a “human right” The practice is “recommended” and according to “tradition”, although it can not be made compulsory. For the head of the […]
First Muslim female Olympic winner could be IOC’s first woman president
By Al Arabiya The first Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal could be the first female to break men’s long-standing in heading the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for 2013, a newspaper reported Sunday. Nawal al-Moutawakel, who is IOC’s vice-president, became the first Moroccan, African, Arab, Muslim woman to […]
Saudi Grand Mufti Warns Against Practice of Gender Mixing
Huff Post: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top cleric on Friday warned against the mixing of the genders, saying it poses a threat to female chastity and society, as the kingdom prepares for the first time to grant women seats on the country’s top advisory body. Delivering his traditional […]
A year in women: notable female achievements of 2012, from Malala to Hillary
Global Post: From Malala Yousafzai to Aung Sang Suu Kyi to Hillary Clinton, 2012 was a dramatic year for women. Women made major steps forward in politics and in business. […]
Are Muslim Women Really Second Class Citizens?
by Alayna Ahmad, Student, The Extension School, Harvard University HUFFPOST RELIGION The Muslim world today is inundated with stereotypes and fallacies about women’s role within society. Despite the Quran’s clear promotion of women’s rights in Islam, the interpretation of the Hadith and Quran by men has led to patriarchal structures […]
“The Solution to World Peace according to my religion” – symposium
Maple, Ontario, Canada: Like so many interfaith events in the past, the Canadian Ahmadi Women are organizing yet another event to enhance and enrich the world peace and harmony. […]
10 ways women can succeed at work in 2013
Source: CNN London (CNN) — As we prepare to embrace a new year, women have been sharing their plans to improve their work lives in 2013. We asked women to tell us their career New Year’s resolutions, and you have inspired us with your ideas. Whether they’re big ambitions, a […]
Mentoring the modern Muslim woman
By SAMAR FATANY AL ARABIYA NEWS Saturday, 22 December 2012 “Saudi Women in International Organizations” was the theme of a meeting which gathered together more than 150 professional women in […]
The forgotten Ahmadiyah women
Source: Indonesian-Ahmadiyya Studies, originally published in the The Jakarta Post, Winy Trianita, Watching violence against Ahmadiyah on TV (again!) has encouraged me to present another side of the Ahmadiyah which […]
Religious veils to be allowed in court
Niqab in court OK in some cases: Supreme Court CTV News: In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a woman can wear a religious veil […]
Women Can Tell If Men Are Cheaters Just From One Look
Source: Business Insider We are told not to judge a book by its cover, but new research indicates that sometimes, those inclinations are correct. Women can often tell if a man is likely to be a cheater from their face alone. Men weren’t able to see the same in women. […]
Are women leaders less corrupt? No, but they shake things up
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (TrustLaw) – It is almost a cliché that getting more women into power is a good way to tackle corruption. Women, the argument goes, are less likely to take bribes or put personal gain before public good. But is it true? While many bristle at the […]
Scholarship with benefits exposed in UK
A British website offered young women ‘sponsorship’ from strangers in exchange for private encounters. Allegedly a pretty student could cover up to US$24,000 a year of tuition fees depending on ‘the level of intimacy’ she was willing to demonstrate. The dubious business was exposed by The Independent newspaper, which sent […]
Noor Inayat Khan: remembering Britain’s Muslim war heroine
theguardian: The British spy, captured in France and executed by the Germans in the second world war, is finally being honoured with a statue. But it has been a long and hard campaign A statue commemorating Britain’s only female Muslim war heroine will become the first stand-alone memorial to an […]
Somalia’s taboo-breaking first woman foreign minister
No matter what one thinks, or in what color one tries to see the appointment of Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam as the first woman Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister […]
Widowhood: A life interrupted
Dawn.com: Faiza Mirza. “I always felt different because everywhere I go people either give me sympathetic looks or are scared that I will bring bad luck. But the first time I actually felt betrayed was when one of my sisters was getting married. I was treated like an outcast by […]
Women In Islam, From The Prophet’s Wife To Gunned-Down Pakistani Teen
By Asma Afsaruddin* LE SOIR/Worldcrunch -Essay- As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making […]
West’s misconception about Hijab
ARABNEWS by Tanya Cariina Hsu who is a British political analyst specializing in US-Saudi foreign policy Sunday 4 November 2012 DURING a recent dinner conversation in London I was asked, as is predictably guaranteed, about Saudi Arabia, the abaya and hijab. “A mark of oppression and ignorance,” bemoaned a professor […]