Saudi Arabia announces princess as US ambassador
Source: BBC Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Rima bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US – the first woman ever to take on an envoy […]
BBC Video — Big Questions: Should gambling be socially unacceptable?
Epigraph: They ask you Muhammad concerning wine and the game of hazard (gambling). Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is […]
Iran revolution: ‘I wore a hijab and head-banged to Nirvana’
Source: BBC By Faranak Amidi; Women’s Affairs reporter, BBC World Service On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known as a maghnaeh, covering my […]
‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
Source: Open Democracy By Nandini Archer 7 From France to Malaysia, Muslim women’s rights activists are challenging those who ask them to ‘choose between being a Muslim and a feminist’. […]
Quebec status of women minister calls Muslim head scarf symbol of oppression
Source: The Chronicle Herald Quebec’s new minister responsible for the status of women faced criticism Wednesday after saying she considers the hijab to be a symbol of oppression. Speaking to […]
Ted Radio Hour: Gender, Power, and Fairness
The Me Too movement has changed the way we think and talk about gender discrimination. This hour, TED speakers explore how the conversation has moved beyond a hashtag, and where […]
Video: 15 Amazing Facts about the American Muslims
Suggested reading Thomas Jefferson and Islam as an American Religion We hold these Truths to be Self-Evident Also: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders 5 Facts […]
Threatened with an end to Shariah divorce, Egypt’s imams work to save marriages
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El-Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) – Egypt’s skyrocketing divorce rate has spurred a debate among Muslim religious leaders and government officials about how […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community addresses Ahmadiyya Board of Arbitration’s Centenary International Refresher Course
Epigraph: Indeed Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Protests Erupt In India After Women Defy Menstruation Ban At Hindu Temple
Source: Huffington Post By Jose Devasia and Neha Dasgupta Two women defied a centuries-old ban this week and entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Two women defied a centuries-old ban […]
The holy Quran speaks more often to men than women
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a commonly known verse of the Quran: “If you fear that you cannot treat orphans […]
Saudi Arabia’s grim discrimination against women is exposed by Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s startling bravery
Freedom of religion is not legally protected in the Islamic kingdom, and people who convert to another religion risk being charged with apostasy By Aisha K. Gill; @DrAishaKGill Source: The […]
A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The very first or the second verse of Surah Nisa, which would be translated as the chapter about […]
Ilhan Omar Says Her Election To Congress Is ‘A Real Rejection’ Of Religious Bigotry
Source: Huffington Post The Muslim congresswoman-elect will be the first hijab-wearing member of the House. By Alanna Vagianos As a hijab-wearing, Somali-American refugee, Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota knows just […]
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes
Garry Wills’ Book: What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters Garry Wills has been a leading commentator on political and religious life in America for decades, winner of a […]
Sister Lisa Vogl-Hamid shares Hijab experience and journey to Islam
Suggested reading How Islam has Influenced the Christian understanding of God Video: How Jesus Became God, by Prof. Bart Ehrman?
Finnish Women Convert to Islam in Search of Spirituality, Logic – Researcher
Source: Sputnik Finnish women converting to Islam don’t see the veil as a symbol of oppression, but as a sign of liberation from superficial beauty, a researcher specialising in religious […]
100 years of female suffrage in Germany: the unknown story
Source: The Local A poster in the Damenwahl (women’s vote) exhibition in Frankfurt am Main promotes the Women’s Day in 1914. Photo: DPA The English suffragettes are world famous, whilst the pioneers of German women’s suffrage are much less known. Now their story is being rediscovered. Who were Clara Zetkin […]
Malaysia: Why We Need A #NoHijabDay
Source: Patheos By Farouq Peru I believe the Muslim world needs a #NoHijabDay to return the power of choice to Muslim women! The hijab, more than any other cultural signal, […]