Islam, Women and Feminism
Gender equality sparks passionate debate. Most of its detractors, often women themselves, say that gender equality contradicts their own traditions and religious beliefs. Gender equality is about empowering women to make their own choices and have an equal voice. It is about giving women who aspire to have a career different to that imposed by society the freedom to fulfill their own wishes....
Domestic Violence Allowed Between 10 p.m. And 8 a. m
Hijab Phobia Engulfs Nigeria’s South West
Dubai Officials Warn Women about Marriage Cons
New Study Brings Violence against Indigenous Girls and Women into Focus
Head of Russian Muslim Women's Union Defends Right to Wear Headscarf
Niloofar Is the Afghan Air Force's First Female Graduate since The 1980s
Iranian Presidential Candidate’s Wife an Electoral Asset
‘Women Education Essential to National Development’
Tunisia Trial of Femen Women Adjourned
150 Couples Tie the Knot at Asir Event
First all-women police station opens in Arunachal
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The prime concern of Theological Feminism in every religion is to strive for the elimination of bias and discrimination against women that may exist in any form, with comprehensive study of, and progressive insight into religious scriptures that are supportive of feminism in general, and gender based equality in particular. One of the key objectives of theological feminism is elevating the position of women among clergy and religious authorities recognising their active role in interpretation and dissemination of the religion’s sacred texts and teachings....
Implement Laws on Child Protection, NSHR, Madina, Urges Authorities
‘Unemployment Main Reason for Late Marriages in Kashmir’
A decorated Navy SEAL who turned into a woman
Femen: Tunisia Detains, Expels Ukraine Topless Activist
Domestic Violence on the Rise in Aceh
In Afghanistan, Women Denied Their Inheritance Now Have A Champion
Behind Black Robes, Hijabs and Niqabs, Saudi Women Are Dreaming Big
Jailed God man Gulzar Ahmad Bhat's follower lodges complaint of rape against cops
Husband to Be Flogged For Slapping Wife in Saudi Arabia
Expat Women in Saudi Arab Haven’t Lost Hope
Lady Magistrate Ordered To Pay Rs One Lakh as Compensation
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Little Sympathy as Topless Protesters Face Tunis Trial
Indonesia Promotes Muslim Fashion
Fehmida Mirza Calls Pakistan’s New Speaker’s Election ‘Historic’
Saudi Society Is Game for Women Sports
Woman in Red Becomes a Symbol for Istanbul's Female Protesters
Should Women Go Out or Work At Home, Shoura Council Split over Recommendation
Indonesia’s Bandung Students Claim Sex Harassment by Principal
Woman Detained For Insulting Malaysian King on Facebook
Women from Poorer Backgrounds Are Less Subject To Violence
In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn’t have died
Meet Zeynep Fadillioglu: the first woman to design a mosque in modern Turkey
Volunteers to Help Women in Saudi Grand Mosque
First Saudi Sports Complex for Women Opens In Al-Khobar Province
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New Anti-Domestic Abuse Campaign In Saudi Arabia Asks: Dare To ‘Hit Her?’
In Pakistan A Man Beats Wife for Refusing To Go With Another
Divorce Rate among Indian Community on Rise In Malaysia
Dh368, 000 Donated To Malala Fund by Abu Dhabi Foundation
Ejrai to Help Women Deal with Saudi Government
Reproductive health rights of adolescent girls get hampered during disasters
Chumki Sworn In As Bangladesh State Minister for Women Affairs
Fifa Elects Burundi's Lydia Nsekera as First Woman Executive
Emirati woman comes third in Hashemite Quran award
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In their religiosity Muslims display some of the extreme forms of misogynistic and male- centred parody of their Faith. The status of the women under the aegis of the various self-made dogma (1), is odd, as those are falsely applied under the canopy of the source Book. It is the most perplexing enigmas that beset the Muslim women. The highly restrictive and authoritarian over-lordship of men leaves no room for women to manoeuvre in the society as equal partners in what constitutes half of the population of humanity on earth....
Vinegar Cervical Cancer Test Saves Lives, India Study Finds
The Kurdish Woman Fighting Against Female Genital Mutilation
Court Marriages on the Rise in Pakistan
Salma Haseena Tops Chennai Schools in Class 10 Exams
Rape Kits to Be Provided To Forensic Medical Canters in Saudi Arabia
NLC Saudi Arabia: Women Can Be Nominated For High Positions
Dar es Salaam House Girls' Fleece Revealed
Pakistani Women Take Charge across Political Landscape
Madonna Pledges Funds for Campaign to Expand Girl’s School in Karachi
PPP Wins Reserved Seat for Women in ‘Lucky Draw’
Tale of 2 Women Converts Shows Egypt's Sectarian Divide
Muslim School Chiefs Pledge To Provide Top Women Business Executives and Directors
Women Deliver 2013 Focuses On Family Planning, Birth Control
Empowering Women and Closing Gender Gaps in Africa under Spotlight
How Vaccines Deliver Health for Women: Women Deliver 2013
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‘Council of Islamic Ideology’s Observation on DNA Test in Rape Cases Defies Logic’: Asma Jahangir
Two Xinjiang Villages Bar Women from Covering Faces
South Sudanese Police Force Underage Girl to Marry A Soldier
Femen Activists Protest Topless in Tunisia, Claim the Start of a 'Women's Spring'
54 Pregnant Girls Discovered In Lagos Public Schools
Bihar women put their foot down, no wedding bells for 'undeserving' men
Pakistan Court Condemns Police over Rape Christian Girl
Outlawed GMF Chief’s Wife Held in Dhaka
Look Out! Your Daughter May Run Away
UN for Active Participation of Women in Drafting of New Libyan Constitution
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She admirably challenges popular myths which suggest that people living under an Islamic Republic must be so horrifically different from those living under a democratic regime. The patients she describes come to her with personal issues as far-ranging as affairs, relationship problems, bad dreams, divorce, sex, and so on, proving to be nothing out of the ordinary as many might expect from an alien culture, as is Iran’s for Western readers....
Syrian Women Rebels' Fight Goes Beyond Front Line
Assam UPSC Topper Fardina Adil: Religion Is Used to Obstruct Women’s Advancement
Women Activists at Kuala Lumpur Conference Call for End To Child Brides
Femen member Amina Tyler on trial in Tunisia
Physical education encourages healthy lifestyle among women
37 Saudi women complete arbitration course
Women Deliver 2013 Concludes With a United Call to Invest in Girls and Women
Only 10 Percent of Nigerian Girls Advance Into Post-Primary Schools
C M Mamata Banerjee in 'Girl-Next-Door' Image at Howrah
U.N.: Bangladesh Must Improve Protection for Women from Violence
Nigeria to Head African Women Network
Michigan Woman, 33, Killed In Syria Fight, Confirms FBI
Blasts in Bannu damage girls school, house of local leader
Premlata, the first Indian woman to conquer seven Summits of the world
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Women Account For 26% of Saudi Graduates in the US
Fatima Sheikh from Bangladesh Portrays Malala in the Film Gul Makai
Happy Reunion of a Bangladesh’s Trafficked Girl, Thanks To the Indian Citizen
Expat Women in Saudi Arabia Rush To Be Fingerprinted
Durham Woman Gets US State Department Scholarship
Indonesian Muslim Woman Shows Off Her Playful Side with a 'South Park' Hijab
Malala in Makkah for Spiritual Solace
Anti-Femen protest outside Tunisia courthouse
Domestic abuse among Emirati women is 'more verbal than violent'
Workplaces ‘Need To Be Friendly To Women’
Contrary To Claims, EC of Pakistan Fails To Release Gender-Based Data
Rafsanjani Disqualification from Vote Seen Hindering Iranian Women’s Rights
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Tempted as I am to say “No I have a parachute stashed under my seat and plan to ditch the plane mid-flight,” I understand the obvious query is just an opening gambit. Just as a police interrogation starts with innocuous questions so does an auntie’s inquisition. Now comes the real stuff....
Women who wear Hijab face discrimination during job search: Research
Female Israeli Soldiers Storm Al-Aqusa Mosque Grounds
Woman Flees From Abha Social Shelter, Alleges Physical Abuse by Her Father
Women Blamed for Islamic Politicians’ Foolish Decisions
Mixed-Marriage Couples Demand Right to Own Property
Hotlines Provide Safe Space for Yemeni Women
14 International Schools Approved To Admit Saudi Girls
Three Femen women held in Tunis after topless protest
Khap panchayat helpless as court lets girl live with same 'gotra' husband
Saudi Woman among World’s Most Influential Figures
Washing the Dead Does Not Scare Saudi Women
Man Disowns ‘Daughter’ He Found Abandoned 37 Yrs Ago
PML-N Secures Most Reserved Seats for Women in NA
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Any religion can be compared to the attic of an old home. Unless the attic is regularly cleaned, it gathers dust and cobwebs and eventually becomes unusable. Similarly, if a religion cannot be updated or cleaned from time to time, it loses its usefulness and cannot relate anymore to changed times and people....
Indian Muslim Girls to Submit Education Proposals to Centre
Scars of Militancy, Floods, Leave Girl Schools Empty in Swat
Maldives Women’s Team Forfeit Basketball Tournament over Headscarf Ban
Zero Women Voter Turnout in Some Swat Areas
Emirati Women Pioneers Talk Tradition Vs Unusual Career
Malala Meets UAE Top Leadership
Malaysian Women Opening Up About Sex
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Expresses Concern
Iranian Women ‘Complimentary’ but Not Equal to Men
Six Women Lawmakers Win Again On General Seats in Pakistan
Saudi Climber Asks Women to Challenge Themselves
Decade’s Largest Women Conference Launches in Malaysia
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Compassion for all God’s creatures is the basis of decent, civilised and God-fearing life in Islam. Any attempt by fanatical Muslims or prejudicial and ignorant non-Muslims to eliminate this essential element from the message of Islam is perhaps the biggest danger that the religion faces....
MBBS, so near yet so far for daughter of daily wager, for the lack of fees
Iranian Women Are Second-Class Citizens
Educated Saudi Women Willing To Do Menial Jobs
Women in Khartoum’s Informal Job Market Face Struggle For Rights
Private school faces Dh5m lawsuit after sex attack on girl, 7, Abu Dhabi court told
Mentally impaired Emirati Woman case: Five-year prison sentence of rapist upheld
Abu Dhabi Cook gets 3 years for abusing two-year-old
Death sentence for man who killed Dubai woman over Dh25,000 worth of jewellery
UAE family's race against time to raise Dh600,000 to save cancer girl
Lebanese Women Race towards Empowerment
Saudi Women’s Heirs Protected
Death of Muslim lady educator mourned
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Deliberation on Education of Muslim Girls Held In Imphal, India
North Aceh Head Bans Women from Dancing in Public
‘Pregnancy Kills 16,000 Pak Women Each Year’
Shariah Courts Need To Prioritise Child's Interest
Saudi Women Find Steep Learning Curve in Nursing
Breathable Nail Polish Receives Mixed Reactions from Muslim Women
PML-N nominates Marvi Memon for NA reserved seat
Female Conversion to Islam in Britain Examined In Unique Research Project
First Lady Seeks End to Teenage Pregnancies in Africa
Birmingham's Muslim Women Condemn Drummer Lee Rigby Murder
Palestinian Homes Answer Knock by Women
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Women Work against Women in Afghanistan
Five Arrested In Luxor's 'Honour Killing' Of Three Women
Haia Move to Hire Female Field Staff Gets Strong Backing
Illegal Detention of Women H R Defenders in the Midst of the Border Conflict of Sudan
Female Climber Inspires Young Women in UAE
Sixty Bangladeshi Girls and Five Children Return From Indian Jail
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Wants Safety for RMG Workers
Pakistan Institute to Confer Peace Award on Women Rights Activist, Sunila Abeysekera
Pak Woman Crosses Over To Indian Side, Held
Education for girls: Muslim Education Conference in Mumbai from May 29
In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
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My Ex-Boyfriend the Woolwich Terror Suspect Was a 'Lovely, Polite Boy’
Gaza Prisoner's Wife Impregnated Via Sperm Smuggled From Jail
5 Women Shot Dead In Pakistan
Adila A. emerged third among 51,559 students on medical-stream entrance rank list
Guardian Approval A Must For Saudi Women to Drive In Kuwait
Tunisia’s Topless Activist Gets Pepper-Spray Charge
Lahore High Court Moved For Abolishing Women Reserved Seats
Women’s Commission Seeks Probe in Exploitation of Girls by a Self-Styled ‘Faith Healer’
Jobs Provided For Saudi Women in Bakeries
Saudi Law Firms to Train Women
Justice for Children of Saudi Women
Mauritanian Women Denounce Violence, Rape
CNN Celebrates the Power of Girls in 'Girl Rising' and 'A Girl's World'
Bogaletch Gebre's War on Female Genital Mutilation
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Random Starts, First Emirate Women's Rock Band
Brave Woman Tried to Reason with London Attackers
TV Show Not Sorry For Prank 'Converting' Teen Girls to Islam for Bieber Tickets
Blasphemy: ‘Other Prisoners Say I Deserve To Die’
Accused of rape, Malaysian marries 13-year-old girl
Students Honoured for Heroism in Preventing Rape Attempt
Indonesian ‘Hijabers’ Buy Into an Islamic Economy
Indonesian Agency to Investigate Billions Transferred by Graft Suspect to 45 Women
Ethiopia's Bogaletch Gebre Wins King Baudouin Prize for Eradication of FGM
20,000 Foreigners Married Local Malaysian Women
Samina Baig: Top award for Everest climber proposed
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How do we understand the Asian paedophile rings without falling back on lazy, racist stereotypes of Pakistani Muslim men? This was the question I asked myself as news of the Oxford child sex – paedophile, really – ring came to light, exactly a year after police busted the Rochdale ring. The circumstances were the same: groups of men with either Pakistani or Muslim backgrounds were caught grooming young, vulnerable white girls and treating them like sexual slaves...
Woman Arrested after Cutting Friend’s Genitals
Oman Mulls Ban on Niqab for Women Drivers
Pakistani Woman Officer Pays the Price of Resistance
Feminizing stores that sell women’s fashion has a price
Schoolgirls' Raise £8000 for Charity to Gaza and Syria
Saudi Debates Access to Stadiums for Women
Sabah agency to probe rapist’s marriage with child victim
South Sudan Initiative Aims to Keep Young Girls in Primary School
King Khalid University Hospital Focuses On Saudi Nursing Skills
Factory Setting Example to Employ Saudi Women in Farm Sector
Lahore High Court Demands Action over Woman’s Burning
More Allocation for Poor Expectant Mothers Sought in Bangladesh
Lebanese Designers Grace the Red Carpet at Cannes
Female Everest Climber Happy To Change Views on Saudi Women
Students in Afghanistan Protest Women's Rights Decree As Un-Islamic
Sanam Fakir Determined To Serve Despite Losing Elections in Pakistan
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Afghanistan: Surge in Women Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’
Wife of Convicted Militant Accuses Govt of Fabricating Sinai Kidnapping
Indian Origin Girl PIO Invents Device That Charges Phones in 20 Seconds
Saudi Women Teachers Demand Full-Time Jobs in Demonstration
Vandals Target Western Wall Woman Activist
Police Ordered To Implement Court Verdict on Child Custody
Headscarves and Long Tunics Don’t Stop Iranian Women from Practising Parkour
12 IIIT Girls for NASA Space Settlement Contest
Pakistan Celebrates First Woman up Everest
Best Women’s Cricketer Humaira on a Mission
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