Madhavi Goradia Divan

Celebrated jurist Blackstone identified crimes as public wrongs, and torts against the individual as private wrongs. While civil wrongs affect the individual alone, public wrongs impact the community. A private wrong has a civil remedy, usually in the form of compensation, while a public wrong or crime invites punishment because even though the act is, ostensibly, directed at an individual, it is perceived as violating the shared values that define a society.....

The Bodyguard's Female Muslim Bomber Character Stirs Debate

Imarat-e-Shariah Striving To Empower Muslim Girls of Patna

18-Year-Old Woman, Boyfriend Beheaded By Her Father, Uncle In Pakistan's Attock; Police Suspect 'Honour Killing'

Running For Office, USA Muslim Women Hope Voters Will See More Than Faith and Gender

Saudi Female Football Fan Trains in US to Become Professional Coach

Ban Polygamy and Nikah Halala, Muslim Divorcee Urges High Court

Saudi Women Take Off their Veils in Solidarity with Feminist Tarif Alassiri

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Ethiopia offers lessons for other African countries. For one thing, it shows that in religious societies you must win over imams and priests. Guday Emirie of Addis Ababa University notes that in one district a local priest, having been publicly shamed for marrying off his own daughter when she was a child, has since been preaching against the practice. It has now been eliminated in his district.....

From Journalist to First Woman Candidate to Run For the Presidency of Iraq

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Dubai Jails Woman Trying To Sell Own Baby for 10,000 Dirhams

Saudi Women Mark National Day behind the Steering Wheel

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Afghanistan- In Helmand, Women Candidates Up Against Odds

Female Genital Mutilation: Indian SC Refers It to Constitution Bench

Saudi Women Make Presence Felt In Asian Congress

Soccer Coach Arrested in Iran for Training National Women’s Team

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Withdraw Instant Triple Talaq Ordinance Criminalising Instant Triple Talaq: Women’s Groups

Israeli Soldiers 'Sexually Harassed Palestinian Women, Stole Their Money at West Bank Checkpoint'

Bangladesh: Rehabilitate Women Workers Back From Saudi Arabia

Saudi Women Pleased To Be Part of a Year of Change

‘Pakistan Has Produced World Renowned Female Professionals’

Women Heads of Household Endure Double Economic Pressure

Provision of Security for Women Bill Lingers In Labyrinth of Adoption in Iran

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The people of God are lighthouses in the dark sea. If their light is broken but people continue to come to them, the sea will cease to be a place of exploration and growth, but rather become a graveyard for travelers who once thought the path would lead to the Divine. We all know of the devastation caused by those who don the garbs of religion but whose actions do nothing but to serve their own selfish desires....

Weam Al Dakheel Makes History By Becoming First Female Anchor Of Saudi Arabia

San Francisco Museum Shows Off Modern Muslim Women's Fashion

Prince Harry Shares 'Extremely Awkward' Kiss With Muslim Woman

India Launches First Sex Offenders Register to Tackle Crime against Women

Saudi Woman's Case against Father Stirs 'Guardianship' Debate

Women’s Entrance Ban in Sports Stadiums Reiterated

Syria Kurds Hand Over Alleged Female ISIS Member to Sudan

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Regional ‘Burqa Ban’ Up For Vote in Switzerland

Bahrain to Attempt to Break World Record for Female Drivers

May Move SC over Polygamy, Right to Husband’s Property: Ishrat Jehan

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Women driving schools under construction

Lyari Girl Nominated For International Award

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Flavia Agnes

If the ultimate goal of women is to save their marriage, even a violent marriage, from the husband’s power of arbitrary divorce, a criminal prosecution against the husband will surely aid in ending the marriage without securing her economic rights, which she is in dire need of. Lakhs of women of faith have come out in large numbers in every city in protest against the government’s proposal to bring in a law to criminalise triple Talaq....

Marry Muslim Women and Convert Them, VHP Advice to Bengali Hindu Men

37% of Arab Women Have Experienced Violence, UN Workshop Hears

Muslims of Nigeria in Lagos State, Blow Hot As Principal Ejects Students for Wearing Hijab to School

Tunisia Prompts Debate on Equal Inheritance Rights for Women

Underaged Muslim Girls Deserve To Be Protected By the Law, Too: Dr Wan Azizah Wan

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Four Women Arrested In Shiraz, Iran, For Their Faith

'Mother At Work' Project To Empower Turkish Women

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“Al-Azhar says it offers a balanced religious discourse, but I do not see it. Al-Azhar continues to uphold Talaq and to differentiate between men and women in inheritance, which is biased against women, in my opinion,” she said. She added, “Al-Azhar has started to react positively to harassment, which is a very troubling issue to women. I believe the institution should continue to be involved in women’s affairs and open a door for dialogue with more women’s associations and civil society organizations. Al-Azhar ought to also offer a religious discourse that promotes women’s values and does not undermine their dignity.”...

Iranian Mother 'Marched Teenage Daughter to GP for A Virginity Test after Finding Her with Secret Boyfriend'

Hyderabad: Students Deplore Forced Burqa Removal

Pakistani Women Use Internet To Smash Patriarchy And Be Free

Baha'i Women Continue To Get Deprived Of Education In Iran

European Rights Court Slams Belgium on Headscarf Issue

161 Saudi Women Get Training In Aviation Security

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Most Western Europeans Favour At Least Some Restrictions on Muslim Women’s Religious Clothing

Teenage Girl Marries 44-Year-Old Man in Kelantan

Somalia: Laila Elmi Becomes First Muslim Woman to Be Elected to Sweden's Parliament

Nike Becomes First Major Brand to Launch 'Sporting Hijab' For Women

First Certified Saudi Female Lawyer in Al-Qassim Aspires To Be a Judge

‘Madrasa Experience Helps Muslim Girls Expand Aspirational Horizon’

Meghan Markle Collaborates With Muslim Women for Charity Cookbook

Women's Universities Come Under Scrutiny for Tightening Regulations

Study Reveals Choices of Non-Working Emirati Women

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Sadek Hamid

There is also a growing and vibrant creative culture driven by Muslim Women that includes musicians, poets and film-makers expressing themselves through art, and raising political consciousness. Sukina Abdul Noor and Muneera Rashid, dubbed the 'Hip-hop Hijabis' have been at the cutting edge of British Muslim spoken word poetry, and Rabiah and Sakinah, aka the Pearls of Islam, write and perform a range of styles that includes rap, folk, soul and Nasheed songs.....

Father Creates Dolls to Help Young Muslim Girls Connect To Their Identities

Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls Arrives In Pakistan

Why Aussie Muslim Mum Backs the Burqa Ban

UAE Expats among 100 Most Influential Women In Middle East

UK Police Drop 18 Month Terror Probe into Hate Preacher’s Wife Who Was Filmed Promoting ISIS and Abusing ‘Filthy Jews’

Adelaide Woman Found Guilty Of Being a Member of Islamic State Terrorist Group

Huge Potential for Saudi Women In Environmental Field

Saudi Arabia’s Hail to Have Women-Only Hotel Soon

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Unmuting the Tabooed: FGM and Muslim Women’s Rights

When a Bohri Muslim Girl Married a Buddhist

'Covered: Celebrating Muslim Women' Opens At Art Sanctuary at Philadelphia

Predicament Persists For Women Students at Jazan University

PTF Council Includes Female Duo to Promote Tennis among Women

Why Do Some Yazidi Girls Held Captive By ISIS Choose Not To Return Home?

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Religious Obligation: Drive for Women Right to Inheritance in Pakistan

Muslim Woman in Kansas Prison Faces Harassment, Religious Abuse

For Lebanese Women, A Beach Of Their Own

Multi-Million US Program Finds Jobs for Just 55 Afghan Women, New Report Says

Officials Free Lebanese Woman Jailed For Insulting Egypt

Somalia: Women Claim Their Place in Somalia's Politics

Sudanese Female Artist Draws Graffiti for Yemen's Peace

Boko Haram Leader 'Killed By His Closest Lieutenants' For Releasing Dapchi Girls

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Shima Silavi

The rule of hijab in Iran keeps women in a more subordinate position. Every time they leave home they are forced to adjust their taste in clothing according to the criteria set out in the law, otherwise facing the consequences either through the police force or ordinary citizens. The way people choose to cover and dress themselves results from a mixture of factors that involve religion, culture, tradition and the environment but when the state abuses its power to change the natural course of development in society, it is no longer a cultural production, instead entering the ideological and political field....

Underage Marriages of 2,250 Girl Children Just In Khuzestan Province of Iran

Saudi Women Passport Officers: We Have a Sense of Great Responsibility

PAS VP Says Risky For Women to Share Loos with Transgenders

‘98 Per Cent Pakistani Women Unaware of Using Emergency Help-lines’

Empowering Women to Empower a ‘New’ Pakistan

Bahrain Making Big Strides in Women’s Empowerment

Morocco Introduces Law to Combat Violence against Women

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Women's Fashion in Afghanistan Goes Beyond the Blue Burqa

Geneva Seminar Discusses Women's Rights Issues in Egypt

Kansas Prison Harassing Muslim Woman: Rights Group

Turkey Funds Revival of Female Islamic Preachers in Kosovo

Muslim Woman Says Transportation Security Administration Subjected Her to Inappropriate Search

EIPA Signs MoU with Arab Women’s Council

Flynas Seeks To Teach Saudi Women to Be 'Future Pilots'

Morocco Introduces Law to Combat Violence against Women

VHP in Bengal Issues Dos and Don'ts on 'Love Jihad', Alleges Muslim Men Paid To 'Lure' Hindu Girls

Young, Enthusiastic Saudis Embracing Garment Sector

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In recent decades, Torah study by women has grown increasingly acceptable, with many serving as teachers, community leaders and spiritual guides. However, the learned women cannot be officially ordained as rabbis because the Chief Rabbinate has a monopoly on ordaining rabbis in Israel and it refuses to let women take the required exams. Absent the Rabbinate’s approval, many institutions of religious learning and progressive Orthodox rabbis have begun bestowing the title “Rabbanit” — the female form of the Hebrew word for rabbi...

Zakira or a Female Reciter and Preacher, Shyrose Jaffer Dhalla in Mumbai to Convey the Message of Muharram

Kulsoom Nawaz Death: Former Pakistani First Lady Dies in London

Various Women Sectors Participated In Protests in Tehran, Other Cities

Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoners

Malala Expresses Condolence on Kulsoom Nawaz’s Death

Student Killed in Twin Bomb Attack near Afghan Girls' School

UAE to host Forum of Arab Women’s Council

Under Maya Morsi's Chairmanship, Women’s Rights Seminar in Geneva Takes Off

Five Women among 6 Come Under Acid Attack in Lahore

She Saved A Pregnant Woman’s Life And Now Works To Make Childbirth Safer For All Afghan Women

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Hijab-Wearing Majiziya Breaks Stereotypes in India

3 Women Named Directors of Health Centres in Makkah

Women Should Take Top Jobs in Iraq’s New Gov’t: UNAMI Chief

KSA Arrests Man over Breakfast Video with Woman

Thakurgaon Woman’s Life-Changing Handicrafts Venture

For Lebanese Women, This ‘Ladies Beach’ Is Less Luxury and More Utility

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Dr Robert D Crane

The first category of the Maqasid provides ontological guidance, consisting of respect for religious freedom (Haqq Al Din); for the sacredness of the individual person (Haqq al Nafs), including right to life; for the sacred nature of the derivative communities from family to nation to humankind and beyond (Haqq Al Nasl), including communitarian pluralism; and for our physical environment (Haqq Al Mahid, from Wahda or oneness)....

Report Reveals 76% of Islamophobia Attacks in Belgium Target Women

Turkey's First Lady to Get Humanitarian Service Award

We Look Forward To Bringing Change and Serving the Public, Say Saudi Female Passport Staff

Iranian Women to Face Further Suppression In The Upcoming Month

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