Pope: Commission on female deacons disagrees on ordination Source: AP ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Tuesday that an international commission of scholars has failed to reach […]
Mohamed Salah: ‘We Need to Change the Way We Treat Women in Our Culture’ Source: Time By Dan Stewart Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed Salahar Mohamed Salah has called on men […]
By Mir Sabbir; BBC Bengali, Dhaka Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed […]
Reporting by Subrat Patnaik and Suchitra Mohanty in New Delhi; additional reporting by Munsif Vengattil; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani, Robert Birsel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court agreed on […]
Source: Dawn.com Muslim women in the West do not disown Islam. Like other Muslims, they too love it. They also are not afraid of the anti-Muslim sentiments that emerged after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. When confronted, they defend their faith with as much fervour and clarity as men […]
Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should support women’s rights Source: Washington Post Pope Francis said it’s time for the Catholic Church to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman “My sadness is the sadness of my sisters here in Congress. And their success is my success,” the congresswoman told Ava DuVernay for Interview […]
March 31, 2019 – Palluruthy, Kerala, India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s auxiliary [Lajna Imaillah] host an interfaith event promoting religious harmony and unity at Masjid Mahmood in Palluruthy. The event was organised by the Palluruthy and Kochi chapters of Lajna Imaillah. It was attended by Councillors, teachers and the secretary of […]
Shimoga, March 31, 2019: This summer in Shimoga, a City in Karnataka, South India, had flavours of different faiths speaking the anthem of peace by their respective religions. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Shimoga’s Womens Auxiliary called Lajna Imaillah hosted a successful Interfaith Conference on Peace for women on 31 March […]
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City […]
Source: Arab News Afghan Refugee Nadia Nadim Scales Summit of Women’s Football Nadim sets sights on women’s World Cup glory this summer. Former Afghan refugee plans to become a doctor […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Provincial lawmakers in northwestern Pakistan have assailed as anti-Islamic women’s marches held earlier this month across the country to mark the International Women’s Day. Lawmakers in […]
Source: ilfordrecorder.co.uk International Women’s Day 2019: Redbridge Sikh & Ahmadiyya Muslim women’s groups unite for gender equality PUBLISHED By: Aaron Walawalkar The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association held an exhibition at […]
News courtesy: Mubarika Kalim, Event coordinator, Calgary, Canada The Women’s Auxiliary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā’at organized its Annual International Women’s Day Interfaith Seminar and Exhibition on Saturday March 9, 2019 at Baitun Nur Mosque Calgary, the largest mosque in Western Canada. The event promotes a deeper understanding of Women in […]
Idolatry at the Western Wall Source: The New York Times By Bari Weiss The fight against religious fundamentalism sometimes means getting spit on. JERUSALEM — It is a strange experience […]
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
Most Western Europeans favor restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing: https://t.co/FE0OwU6hIi pic.twitter.com/J22JsJIqJa — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) March 3, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Mother Mary is always with a Hijab in artist's […]
By Maariyaah Shaheen 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 […]
What the Koran really says about women Source: The Telegraph By Carla Powers, Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction, 2016 When Middle East correspondent Carla Power began studying […]
Why the Priesthood Needs Women Source: New York Times By Alice McDermott, who is a novelist and essayist. Far more than celibacy or sexual repression, barring one gender from the […]
