Status of Women in Islam

02/03/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/feb/01/all-female-mosque-los-angeles-video

Muslim women gather at the Pico Union interfaith centre in Los Angeles, to pray in what could be America's first all-female mosque

12/22/2014

Women of Islam should be outraged.....http://www.newsweek.com/isis-release-questions-and-answers-pamphlet-how-treat-female-slaves-290511

It says that sexual in*******se is “permissible”, as is trading non-Muslim slaves, including young girls

11/25/2014

"The most terrible human rights abuse unaddressed is the abuse of women and girls..." Jimmy Carter The Elders mark International Day for the Elimination of V...

06/28/2014

It is about time.,,

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) strongly condemned the practice of female ge***al mutilation, also known as female circumcision, as un-Islamic, launching a f...

03/12/2014

Muslim-Science.Com has the pleasure of presenting to you, the first ever List of ‘Top-20 Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World’. These are trul

10/02/2013

More so now than ever Muslims around the world must take a stand -- not defensive or offensive, but one to that leads to the path of education and awareness by becoming better acquainted with their Islamic values and heritage.

06/16/2013

KABUL, Afghanistan and SAN FRANSISCO, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirteen-year old Massoma remembers the day in Afghanistan that her "head exploded, full of their talking, talking. They talked and talked and sold me. They laughed, happy." She describes the confusion and pain in short, terse, sent...

06/13/2013

Queen Rania of Jordan writes an open letter to girls of the world as part of CNN's "Girl Rising" project.

03/21/2013

http://www.onislam.net/english/reading-islam/living-islam/islam-day-to-day/family/461859-why-is-paradise-at-the-feet-of-mothers.html

Taking time to reflect as I was carrying my newly born grandson Rayyan after witnessing his entering the world, I realized what a blessing I was given, not just because I was now officially a grandmot...

03/11/2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-saudi-women-council-idUSBRE91I0RK20130219

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Tuesday swore in the country's first female members of the Shura Council, an appointed body that advises on new laws, in a move that has riled conservative

03/11/2013

My Jihad is to be the best I can at whatever I do each and every day of my life...what is your Jihad???

Too beloved a term to be allowed to be hijacked in this fashion, “My Jihad” was launched with the slogan and intent of, “Taking back Islam from Muslim and anti-Muslim extremists alike,” where both Muslims and non-Muslims are encouraged to contribute their reflections of what this spiritual struggle…

09/18/2012

'A stateswoman, scholar, m***i, and judge, Aisha combined spirituality, activism and knowledge and remains a role model for many Muslim women today. The gulf between her true legacy and her depiction in Islamophobic materials is not merely historically inaccurate, it is an insult to the memory of a pioneering woman.'

Myriam François-Cerrah: Innocence of Muslims repeated the claim Muhammad was a pa******le, but the story is more complex and interesting than that