Islam and Women's Rights
Review of Religions: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) The following is an address given by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to the female members (Lajna) of the worldwide […]
Islam and Women’s Rights
Review of Religions: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) The following is an address given by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to the female members (Lajna) of the worldwide […]
Cherie Blair: ‘Muslim Women: Slow But Steady Progress’
Epigraph: Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful […]
Saudi Arabia: An inheritance of injustice for women
Monday, 17 June 2013 Samar Fatany ALARABIYA Misinterpretations of Shariah (Islamic) laws are preventing Saudi women from benefiting from their legal inheritance. Many women today are robbed of their endowment rights because of cultural norms and tribal customs that go against the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah. […]
Beautiful Muslim Women in History
YUSRA OWAIS (AMATULLAH) | JUNE 20, 2012 SubaibWebb.com What comes to your mind when I say, “A beautiful Muslim woman”? Many of us may think of a woman in hijab (headscarf) or modest attire. Hijab is indeed beautiful, but by thinking Islamic beauty is only because of hijab, we are […]
“I Just fell in Love With Islam: The Sun
I wasn’t looking for a religion … I just fell in love with Islam Meet four of the 5,000 Brits who become Muslims each year Devout … PCSO Jayne Kemp EVERY year, more than 5,000 Brits convert to Islam. More than half of those who make the switch are white […]
Malta Muslims Want Hijab at Work
These rules, if issued, would encourage better representation for Muslim women in work sectors. CAIRO – A prominent leader of the Maltase Muslim community has urged the government to issue […]
The Islam women were promised
The Washington Post: Musa Furber. The earliest generation of Muslims took pride in their compliance to the Koran’s injunction to abandon female infanticide, an act that was often done to prevent shame to the family. Thus for centuries, Muslims have taken pride in their contributions to the rising status of […]
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 […]
UK: Asian Muslim women – All about taking part
A hidden explanation for Britain’s surprising job numbers: Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are finally surging into the labour market IN AN upstairs room at the Jagonari women’s centre in east […]
Muslim women face an uphill battle against prejudice to find work
Baroness Warsi may have opted for shalwar khameez for her first meeting of the cabinet in May 2010, but for many Muslim women, the struggle is to downplay ethnic or religious difference in order to find acceptance – and employment. A recent parliamentary report found that Muslim women often feel […]