Islam, Women and Feminism
In the best circumstances, the Wali takes care of the affairs of the woman properly. He facilitates matters for her and stands by her though in doing so he faces many hardships and problems. But in most of the cases the Wali is not that caring, rather he takes advantage of the rule and blackmails the woman. Many wives hand over all her salary to the husband so that he escorts her to the office. Many fathers stop the education of their daughters to take revenge on their divorced wives. Many sisters have to bribe their brothers for getting their help in petty matters....
Pakistani Woman’s Suicide turns out to Be Honour Killing
Haryana, India, Gets NHRC Notice after 6 Villages Ban Girls from Attending School
Pak Elections: ‘Dir Women Disenfranchised For Security Reasons’
Seminar on Education of Muslim Girls Held At Imphal, India
Girls Need New Thoughts to Continue Women’s Gains
Kurdish Female Fighters Pick up Arms As Assad Pushes Forward Into Rebel-Held Land
Saudi Women Take the Wheel in Truck-Building Industry
Indonesian Marriage Law Outdated and Irrelevant: Academics
The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Modern Arab Music
Indian Women First Twins to Scale Everest
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Women have adopted the method of ‘baring-it-all’ in public since ancient times to protest against all sorts of issues they felt important. Legend has it that an upright noble Lady Godiva in eleventh century England felt so strongly that she took up the challenge to ride naked on horseback through the streets of Coventry to protest against her husband’s oppressive taxes imposed on the poor. However the husband commanded all to remain indoors and shut windows and doors for the event........
Turkey Tightens Blue Mosque Dress Code for Women Visitors
Only 6 of 150 Women Candidates Win NA Polls in Pakistan
PML-N Women Offer Thanks-Giving Prayers on Nawaz Appeal
First Saudi woman scales Mount Everest
Lebanese Women to Gain Political Ground
Walled City’s 300-year-old Anglo-Arabic Senior Secondary School, prepares for more change
‘Child Marriages Compromise Girl’s Development’ Says Pak Minister
Feminisation of Saudi Arabia to Spur Price Hikes, Traders Warn
Bosnian Serb Woman Sentenced For War Crimes
West Java Woman Allegedly Buries Mother Alive
Afghan Parliament Halts Debate on Women's Rights Law
Nigeria: 6, 966 Girls to Share N35.8 Million Grant in Katsina
Uganda: High School Dropout Worries Women Activists
Suspended Jammu jail official made undertrial write exam for her
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In Jamia, underprivileged girls learn to teach a lesson to molesters
Courageous Women Can Change the World: Malala Yousafzai
Hijab Ban Troubles Nigeria Muslims
11 Ladies-Only Taxis Launched In Ajman
Samina Baig: First Pakistani Woman to Scale Mount Everest
Kingdom Becoming More Tolerant — Saudi Woman Filmmaker
Tension High as Imran Khan Party’s Senior Woman Leader Murdered
US Takes No Stand as Women Barred From Iran Elections
Girl-Child Education Grim In North Nigeria
Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
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“I begin in the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Salaam Alaikum. Peace upon all those who gather here. Let’s speak to the concept of compassion and mercy. If we want to ask God for compassion and mercy, then we must try and show the same compassion and mercy for all God’s creation, which includes people of all faith, the environment and animals. We greet each other with the universal Muslim greeting of peace. Just saying “peace upon you” does not create peace....
Iran’s Educated, Middle-Class and Part-Time Prostitute
Women's Prison in Gaza Swells with 'Moral' Criminals
Madrassatul Banat Taking Girls’ Madrasa Education to a New Height in Assam
Can Canada Prevent Muslim Women From Wearing the Niqab in Court?
More Agreements Surface Barring Women from Voting In Pakistan
16 Women Elected On General Seats in Pakistan
France’s First Lady Visits Mali’s War-Torn North
Highest number of women elected on general seats belong to PML-N
Muslim Women Converts Tell Of Hijab Dilemmas, Family Rows and Negative Portrayal of Faith
Rochester Women Get 20 Years, 10 Years for Somali Terror Support
India, Brazil and South Africa Sign Resolution for Women Empowerment
Bana Gora Is New Chief Executive of Muslim Women's Council of UK
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Attitudes towards divorce are changing among British Muslim women. My mother’s generation regarded divorce as immoral, so sustaining a marriage for them was a lifelong project. However, for British educated Muslim women like me, divorce is an entitlement, even within Islamic law. My mother and I married men from Pakistan.....
Muslim men 'wed teen converts by phone'
Nigeria police uncover second 'baby factor
Protect our children from rapists
Crackdown over Facebook, Google posts: SC of India to hear plea on content
Filipino Maids rush to rectify status
Daughter's Appeal to Young Gives Nawaz Sharif Power in His Own Right
Girl Sports in Afghanistan Stays Popular Among Motivated Athletes
Sonia lays foundation stone of girls’ hostel at Jamia campus
Children in limbo after Saudi father cons mother and flees
Nigeria Accounts for 10 Percent Global Maternal Mortality Rates
Tanzanian Legislator: Prostitution Shames the Nation, It Must Be Banned
Kazakh Woman Wins World Weight-Lifting Championship
Saudi Woman Tortured, Murdered In Jeddah
Arabic learning: Where have all the men gone?
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Academics, who have studied the status of Muslim women, feel that the increasing ghettoisation and alienation of the Muslim community has resulted in the further marginalisation of the women. Observes Haseena Khan, researcher and women's rights activist: "Women are depending more and more on their community for their sustenance. This is not a particularly favourable trend, given the high levels of discrimination that already exist."....
The Hijab, or the Muslim veil, has been getting attention circa forever. It is a source of oppression to some, liberation to others, of confused “Are they Arab nuns?” and really good cover-ups on bad hair days. But more than anything, the Hijab is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the Islamic faith.....
150 Girls Poisoned By Toxic Gas in Afghanistan
Proactive Society Needed For a Safe Environment for Women: Sonia Gandhi
Balak Mata Centre Of Jamia Millia Islamia Educating Muslim Girls in a Mughal-Era Structure
In Mohripur, Pakistan, Voting For Women Is a Cardinal Sin
14 Women Make It to the Pakistan Assemblies in Election 2013
Female Cops in Pakistan Face Harassment
Nine Bangladeshi Girls Brought On Pretext of Good Jobs, Back From India
Angelina, Mideast’s ‘Sweetheart,’ Admired for Mastectomy Revelation
Wife Accuses Saudi Hubby of Infecting Her with Aids
Islamic Academy Girl students going to National History Bee
Roona gets second life: surgery on baby with swollen head succesful
Dutch Police Criticised For Allegedly Helping Underage Muslim Girl to Marry
Indonesian Beef Scandal Money Trail Leads To More Women
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A Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister has confirmed the Dawn.com report that women would not be allowed to vote in parts of the province under the tacit approval of PPP, ANP, JUI-F, PML-N and JI. “Yes I can confirm this agreement has taken place in Lower Dir, have reports of similar agreement from some other areas, but I am sure about Dir agreement and I had already communicated it to the Election Commission as well,” Information Minister KP Musarrat Qadeem told Dawn.com.....
I recently read a sterile article about sex called "What Muslim Women Really Want in the Bedroom." Given that I am a Muslim woman and have no idea what I want in the bedroom, a weakness I attribute to my Arab mentality of how shameful it would be to ask for too much, I was hoping for more of a Cosmo -style "how to" than a "here, look at the books and all the sex shops for Muslim women wanting a 'how to.''" The conversation is starting, the journalist explained...
Pakistan Ambassador to US, Sherry Rehman Resigns
Award Goes To Pakistani Girl Malala Yousafzai, Shot By Taliban
Police Arrest Woman over Dubai Jewellery Thefts
Pakistani Woman Gulps Acid after Clash with Husband
Women Fight for Equal Rights in Post Mubarak Egypt
London Conference to Promote Partnership between G8 and Arab Businesswomen
Indonesian Female Candidates Rush To Learn Campaign Strategies
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Assam’s First Muslim IAS Woman Fardina Felicitated
Indian Women Entering Bahrain on Forged Visas
Indonesian Woman Accused of Selling Illegitimate Baby for Dh4, 000
Women Felicitate PML – (Nawaz) and Urge the Leaders to Comply With Manifesto
Women Make Up 72% of Kuwait Teachers
State Train Operator Scraps Women-Only Train
Islamic Woman Boxer Takes Fight into the Ring
Women Participate Enthusiastically In Pakistan Elections
Gunmen Kidnap Wife, Daughter of Judge in Nigeria
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'Indian Women Must Come Together To Achieve Gender Equality’: Salma Ansari
Call for setting up judicial body to protect female inheritance
Pakistan Political Parties Pledge Empowerment of Women
Micro Fund for Women Sponsors Umra for 200 Women
Pakistani Women: To Vote or Not To Vote?
Ayatollah Khamenei stresses respect for women
UAE Marks International Nurses Day
First Official Bangladeshi Maids Arrive In Hong Kong
New School Opens a New Chapter for Parung Kids
Blair’s sis-in-law ‘wed a bigamist’
Inspirational conference for women planned
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Tunis Protestors Defend Women’s Right to Veil
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Govt. Confirms Women Vote Blocked By Political Parties
Mamata Kulkarni converts to Islam, marries another convert jailbird Vicky Goswami
Woman Found Alive In Bangladesh Factory Ruins after 17 Days
Pakistani Women Defy Clerics and Custom in Elections
A Pakistani Women’s Journey in the Electoral Process
In Pakistan’s Northwest, Young Women Buck Tradition to Monitor Historic Vote
Standoff at Western Wall over Praying by Women
7,311 Pak Women Die of Cervical Cancer Annually
67% of Alternative Medicine Users Are Women
NA-48: Massive Rush, Women Rooting For PTI
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Women, Veil and Equality
Nastik Durrani, New Age Islam
In the west, the freedom of women and the end of slavery did not come about on religious grounds. The reason behind equality is also not religious. The end of apartheid and racism was also not achieved on religious grounds. All this happened because of the progress in political and economic sciences. In the west, equality was implemented only when the western nations became convinced that this equality was necessary for the progress and security of the society….
Syrian Refugees 'Sold For Marriage' In Jordan
Turkish Airlines Reverses Lipstick Ban for Flight Attendants
Woman Agent of Gulf-Based Sex Racket Arrested
Lower Dir: Key Political Parties to Bar Women Voters
Kuwait Launches Sports Clubs for Women
Arrests Mar Landmark Jerusalem Women's Prayers
Islam Gives Complete Freedom of Business and Work to Women: Zahra Zamani
Zahra, a 52-year-old: A Dark Horse Candidate in Tehran
Ruqayya Hashmi Fights for Shia Hazara Community in Balochistan
‘Badam Zari Goes More On Air than On Campaigning’
Jeddah Call Center Girls Seek Better Working Conditions
Female Garment Workers of Bangladesh Bear Brunt of Tragedy
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Afghan Minister Vows Punishment for Girls Feigning Illness from Alleged “Poisonings”
U.N. Says Girls as Young as 6 Raped By Congo Troops
Pakistani Tribal Women Warned Not To Vote, by Unknown Group
Most Political Parties in Pakistan Miss Out On Women Issues in Manifestoes
In Egypt, Some Women Fight Sexual Harassment with Karate Chops
Al-Yamamah University Launches Website for Women
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Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned by Taliban
Saudi Women to Operate Metro Rail at PNU
Is 'Lad Culture' Causing A Surge In Student Feminist Societies?
Azerbaijan First Lady Inspires Mass Prisoner Release
Covered, Yet Empowered: By The Women, For The Women
For Mideast Women, Achieving Equality Won't Be Easy
Bangladeshi Wife Remanded In Saudi Expat Killing Case
Madonna auctions painting to raise money for girls’ education in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Indonesian Woman Suspected of Abuse in Death of 6-Year-Old Stepdaughter
Islam and the West through the Eyes of Women
Shariah Banking Market Share Reaches New Height
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CAIR Urges to Call Company behind ‘Terrorist Girl’ Greeting Card To Condemn
Patriarchy Makes It Impossible To Apply Pro-Women Laws in Pakistan
Southeast Asia: Sex Workers' Art Exhibition Supported By the U N
A Glance at Sindh’s Female Election Hopefuls
Racial Attack on Muslim Women in Edinburgh
Khurshid Begum: The Woman Who Defied the Taliban Threats
Mini Garment Factory, Big Help to Poor Women in Bangladesh
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The Salafists’ doctrine is quite antithetical to the notion of equality enunciated in the Holy Quran. They have gone away far from the objectives of Islamic religious texts and are clashing with the enlightened reformist jurisprudence regarding women. Their “Bedouin Islam,” as described by Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali, is incapable to deal with historical transformations because it is occupied by an exclusionary ideology…..
The restricted mobility of women is because of the notion of Izzat (honour). Izzat is intrinsically linked to a woman’s behaviour. Since a woman is considered to be the keeper of the family’s honour, her mobility is strictly controlled. This is fine so long as such restrictions do not impede her rights — public representation, electoral rights and participation in the country’s political process.....