Nuns: powerful women of the Middle Ages
Source: Swiss Info By Julie Hunt The Middle Ages were a rough time for women. They were considered inferior to men, and very few were educated. Convents offered them opportunities that […]
Burkini ban brings fine to condo administration in Turkey
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA The state-run Turkish Human Rights and Equality Agency (TIHEK) slapped a TL 5,000 ($729) fine on the administration of a condominium that banned women from […]
Muslim woman becomes first hijab-wearing judge in UK
Source: The National Aaffia Arshad, 40, says her promotion is great news for diversity in the UK legal system A woman in Britain who has become the first judge in […]
Forced adoption: ‘After a lifetime of loss, church apology is too little, too late’
Source: The Guardian By Sarah Marsh Val Bynner, 74, from London, who was forced to give up her baby for adoption, recalls her experience and says apology can’t take away […]
Motherhood Changes Us All
Source: New York Times By Jessica Grose The transformation we experience is ongoing and eternal. The most memorable moment of becoming a mother often involves a single day. You give […]
Germany Calls 14000 Syrian Refugee Doctors to Help Tackle Coronavirus
Germany calls on migrant medics to help tackle coronavirus Source: The Guardian By Kate Connolly in Berlin Country has 14,000 Syrian refugee doctors waiting for qualifications to be approved Coronavirus […]
MuslimGirl founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh announces congressional run in New Jersey
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder of MuslimGirl.com, has become the first Muslim woman to run for Congress in New Jersey. On Saturday (April 4), Al-Khatahtbeh announced […]
International Women’s Day 2020: AMWA at Morinville Library
By Dr. Amtul Qadoos Farhat, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Women Rights, Islam and Canada March 8th is the International Women’s Day. In this regard Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association (AMWA) […]
Islam and Women: International Women’s Day
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 […]
Do women have an unfair share in inheritance?
Source: Alislam. The BBC video has been inserted by the Muslim Times By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada It is quite commonly assumed that men and women have […]
Weinstein found guilty of criminal sex act and rape
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment: Islam should also be about just society and absolute justice, rather than an obsession with whether Fajr Salat has two, four or six rakats. […]
Air Force Issues New Guidelines for Beards, Turbans and Hijabs
Source: Stars and Stripes | By Chad Garland Airmen will be allowed to wear up to 2-inch beards under a new Air Force guidance that outlines grooming standards for religious […]
Women and Islam: Segregation of Women in Islam: Separate Venue, not Value
Source: Review of Religions By Munavara Ghauri Recently Daniel Gee of the Farnham Herald interviewed the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba).[1]Concerning the rights of Muslim women and the reason why men and women are segregated at Ahmadiyya Muslim events, His Holiness […]
Debate: The Sexual Misery of the Arab World / The Sexual Misery of the Western World
The Sexual Misery of the Arab World Source: New York Times By Kamel Daoud ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions of […]
German Catholic Church Debates Sexuality, Celibacy and Women’s Roles
With the German church’s global influence, a meeting of bishops and laypeople to take up hot-button topics has led to warnings of a new schism, originating in the home of […]
In Egypt, polygamy has its apologists and nemeses
Source: Arab weekly By Hassan Abdel Zaher is a Cairo-based contributor to The Arab Weekly. Cairo – Rania Hashem is seen as an enemy to many of Egypt’s married women. […]
Egypt court sides with woman against unequal inheritance law
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian woman says she’s scored an important legal victory against her country’s inheritance laws, which grant female heirs half of what they grant men. Huda Nasrallah, […]
Video: The Real and Compassionate Face of Islam
Epigraph We have not sent you Muhammad, but as mercy for the whole of mankind! (Al Quran 21:107/108) Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD Nobel Prize for a noble woman […]
British women ‘being forced into polygamous relationships’ because law lets them down, campaigners say
Source: Independent ‘The government is always perfectly happy to relegate minority women to kangaroo courts and faith-based parallel legal systems’ By Maya Oppenheim, @mayaoppenheim Women are being left to go […]
Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam?
Source: Al Hakam The Promised Messiah Responding to Allegations Why are two female witnesses equal to one male witness in Islam? By Farhan Iqbal, Missionary, Canada Gender equality is one […]