Islam, Women and Feminism
No matter your perspective, the institution of marriage is as old as the
human civilisation. It is because Prophet Adam and Hawwa (upon them be peace)
were tied together in ‘wedlock’ in the celestial that we derive validity to
sing the praise of the Almighty each time the female and male genders find
union on terrestrial earth....
• Sisters in Islam: Malaysia
Can’t Keep Condoning Child Marriage as It Perpetuates Poverty and Is
Counter-Productive to Children’s Health and Intellectual Development
• Kuwaiti Woman to Pay KD 5,001
For Illicit Relationship
• Group Floats Separate Swimming
for Men And Women At Williamsburg Pool
• Woman Collapses after Being
Whipped By Cruel Sharia Police For ‘Behaving Amorously’
• Indonesian Activist Seeks
Rights, Equality and Gender Justice for Women
• Women in finance bring ESG
benefits to Mideast
• Pakistan's Female Creative
Leader Makes It To 'Spikes Asia See It Be It 2019'
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.The recent decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government ordering
female students to wear a Chadar, veil or Abaya created a storm on social media
forcing the government to reverse the move. But the reversal has equally been
condemned by the ‘religious’ right some of whom also invoked Islamic
injunctions and Quranic verses to slam the reversal....
• Pakistan Women Work Hard To
Overcome Country's Taboos about Menstruation
• Woman Collapses In Agony as
she’s Savagely Caned for ‘Having Sex Outside Marriage’ In Front Of Indonesian
Crowd
• FIFA Tells Iran It Is Time to
Allow Women into Stadiums
• SC Summons UP Home Secretary in
a Case by A 16-Year-Old Muslim Girl Seeking Validation Of her marriage under
Muhammadan law
• The Toronto Raptors Now Sell
Hijabs. What Does This Mean For Muslim Women?
• Pakistan Women’s Rights
Activist Who Highlighted Atrocities by Military Escapes to US
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
NGOs Urge Malaysian Govt to Follow Indonesia's Move by Prohibiting Child Marriages
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Jewish and Arab Women Unite To Defy Bedouin Voter Suppression in Israeli Election
'Islam Is Right about Women': Odd Signs Spark Confusion in Winchester
Bahrain Torturing Women in Detention
Assam: Police Strip, Torture 3 Muslim Women, Pregnant Woman Loses Baby
A Muslim Woman Comic Walks Into a Bar: Changing Perceptions Through Jokes
Karnataka Woman Gets Triple Talaq Over WhatsApp from Dubai, Files Complaint
Photo Fest To Feature Arab News Series On Saudi Female Success Stories
Israeli Police Shoot Palestinian Woman, Saying she Tried to Stab them
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Iran's
Female Fans Find Football Buzz in Cafes and Malls Due To Stadium Bans
Shaheen
Zainab Fathima, Woman, Who Converted To Islam, Allowed Police Protection by Madurai
HC
Senior
Google Female Executive to Lead Pakistan’s Digitisation Initiative
Woman
in Hijab Launches Racist Attack On Indian Bus Passenger
Karachi-Based
Team of Women Entrepreneurs to Represent Pakistan at Singapore Start-up Weekend
Police
Strip; Torture 3 Assam Sisters, Pregnant Woman Loses Baby after Beating
The
Modest Motivator: Nike’s First Hijab Ambassador on Breaking Barriers for Women
in Fitness
Organising
Committee of Arab Women Sports Tournament Releases Competition Manifesto
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“Apartheid Israel kills children as a hobby,” Billoo wrote on Twitter in
2012. And in 2015, she wrote: “I’m more afraid of racist Zionists who support
Apartheid Israel than of the mentally ill young people the #FBI recruits to
join ISIS.”..
Pakistan
Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Asks Women To Raise Strong Voice In Support Of Kashmiris
Saudi
Women to Be Hired As Drivers of School Buses
Mississauga’s
Sisterhood Softball League Encourages Muslim Women to Play Ball
Modanisa
Targets First Turkish Unicorn Status with Muslim Women’s wear
CM
Withdraws Dress Code Order for KP Schoolgirls After Outcry
Iraqi
Women Urge Parliament To Approve Domestic Abuse Bill
Egypt
Promotes Women Economic Empowerment Through National Conference
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Iranian
Female Weightlifters to Make History at IWF Worlds
Assam
Teacher Makes ‘Hijab’ Compulsory for Girls in School; Retracts Order after
Opposition
FIA
Opens Money Laundering Case against Pakistan Model and Actor Sofia Mirza
Drunk
Man Violently Attacks, Stabs Muslim Woman in France
Boris
Johnson 'S Burqa Jibes 'Dehumanising', Says Government's Extremism Adviser
Indiana
Lawyers Seek Yazidi Testimony For U.S. Woman Charged With Aiding Islamic State
Egypt's
Easy Riders: How Scooter Sisters Are Taking Back the Road
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Egypt
Teen on Trial for Killing Bus Driver Who Allegedly Raped Her Ignites Debate
Toronto
Raptors Are Selling A Team-Branded Hijab For Muslim Women Athletes
Education
Authorities In Pakistan To Girls: Wear ‘Abaya’ To Avoid Eve-Teasing And
Harassment
Tamil
Nadu: Parents Threatening To Kill Girl For Converting To Islam?
Domestic
Violence in the Middle East
Afghan
Women Weave War Into Their Rugs
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Malay
Shariah Courts Need Urgent Reforms to Protect Women
Iran
to Arrest Actress for Supporting ‘Blue Girl’ Who Set Herself on Fire
Women
at Malad Housing Society Insist On Unity in Diversity, Set an Example for
Mumbai and the Rest of the Country
Iraq
Sentences Islamic State’s Woman Chemical Weapons Expert
A
Middle East Bikers’ Club Hits the Road for Women’s Empowerment
Toronto
Raptors Launch Line Of Team-Branded Athletic Hijabs
Teen
Egyptian Girl’s Case Puts Legal System under Spotlight
Iran
in no hurry to allow women into stadiums after 'Blue Girl' death
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She was a pioneer, opening the first art college for women in Turkey,
and encouraged artists for decades. And she was a cunning marketer who
sometimes bent the truth about her artwork as a way to support herself when the
going got rough....
Abuse
of Female Political Prisons on Rise in Bahrain: Rights Groups
TV
Needs To Stop ’Empowering’ Muslim Women By Removing Their Hijabs
Why
Kuwaiti Women Are Increasingly Turning To Egg Freezing
French
Court Finds Saudi Princess Complicit In Violence against Workman, Gives Jail
Term
Women
Workers Return Scarred From Saudi Arabia
Survey
Finds Modest Gains in Support for Arab Women’s Rights
Saudi
Women’s Economic Participation Up By 23.2% In Q2
UN
experts: UAE forces sexually abuse inmates in Yemen
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Four
Arab Women and Their Quest to Scale Mount Everest
283%
Increase in Number of Working Saudi Women
Despite
Tensions, BCCI Hopeful Of Hosting Pakistan Women Cricket Team
Arab
Woman Loses Dhs194,000 In Attempt To Marry Sales Executive
Iran
Insists On Banning Women From Sports Events Despite Protests
Yazidi
sex slave survivor to face one of her ISIS rapists in German court
As
Peace Talks With the Taliban Collapse, Afghan Women Demand To Be Heard
Muslim
Apprentice Nurse Chases Men on M25 Saying They Threw Eggs At Her And Called Her
A ‘Terrorist‘
Meet
the Women with Guns Who Fought Isil in Syria - And Are Now Battling Its
Patriarchy
Pakistan
Sikh Girl ‘Conversion’ Case: FIR against Muslim Man Quashed
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Women
in Baghpat District Of UP in India Are Being Forced To Marry Multiple Husbands
Egyptian
Woman's Egg-Freeze Decision Creates Debate On Taboo Subject
Care
Assistant Jailed For Punching Muslim Woman and Ripping Off Her Hijab In Racist
Attack
Iranians
Call on FIFA to Act after Young Iranian Woman’s Fatal Self-Immolation
Where
Are The Film Roles For Muslim Actors Who Wear A Hijab?
After
Breaking Glass Ceiling In Israel, Druze Woman Aims For Equality
Egypt’s
Women’s Right Centre Condemns Assault on Woman by Niqab Wearers
Three
Egyptian Architects among Finalists for Tamayouz Award
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
2 Muslim Teachers Fired From Canadian Schools For
Refusing To Remove Headscarves
Husband Gives Triple Talaq through Voice Message Sent
To Brother
Canadian Artist Commemorates Muslim Female Travellers
Saudi Women Directors Bring Empowerment Message To
Venice
Chandrayaan-2 a Giant Leap for South Asia: Pak Woman
Explorer
A New Face in Kosovo Looks to Transform the Role of
Women in Politics
Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS
After Breaking Political Glass Ceiling, Druze Woman
Aims For Equality
Jawazat issues passports to Saudi women thru Absher
Pakistani Woman Police Officer Slapped By Lawyer
Demands Justice
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Age Islam News Bureau
Tunisian
Women Absent From Presidential Campaign
Suicide
Bomber in Muslim Woman's Gown Dies In Apparent Attack on Military Unit In
Philippines
Say
a Prayer: The Muslim Woman Who Photographed Bradford's Last Synagogue
Kerala
Man Booked For Giving Triple Talaq to Wife via WhatsApp
Saudi
Females Take Scouting Pledge
Abu
Dhabi TV anchor launches FNC election campaign
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Singer,
Sinéad O’Connor: ‘I Have Been A Muslim All My Life and I Didn’t Realise It’
Female
Trainees Graduate Through Saudi Ministry’s Leadership Initiative
Kerala
Braveheart, Sifiya Haneef, Conferred Neerja Bhanot Award
Kuwaiti
Woman Earns Global Recognition In Malaysia
Saudi
Women Directors Bring Empowerment Message To Venice
Afghan
Women Determined To Vote In Presidential Elections
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Turkish
Gov't Vows Zero Tolerance on Violence against Women
Why
Are There So Few Statues of Women in Egypt?
Saudi
Women Directors Bring Empowerment Message to Venice
Afghan
Women Determined To Vote in Presidential Polls
Iran
Detains 22 Men and Women for Attending Mixed-Gender Party
Angelina
Jolie Sends Message of Support As First Independent All-Afghan Movie Premiers
In Venice
UP
Woman Given Triple Talaq for Giving Birth to Girl
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
Hindu
Women Making Strides in Government Jobs in Pakistan
Young
Female Football Fan in Iran Sets Herself on Fire To Protest Jail
Hindu
Girl, Kidnapped In Pakistan, Reunited With Family: Report
Muslim
Children Get Catholic Education In Flexible Madagascar
The
Movers List: Khadijah Safari is helping women smash through the barriers by
bringing religion and MMA together
First
Friday rally in Ashland supports congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
Spain
Issues Arrest Warrants for ISIS Women Trapped In Syrian Camps
NASFAT
Tasks Women on Effective Parenting
Police
Rescue Hafizabad Woman Held Captive By Brothers For 10 Years
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
From ‘Katateeb’ To Scholarships: Girls’ Education in
Saudi Arabia Takes Quantum Leap
Women Engineers to Give Beauty to the ‘Bride of Red
Sea’ Parks
UN Women To Extend Quality Social Services For
Violence-hit Females
Europe’s Barely Clad Feminists Partner with
Burqa-Wearing Islamists
Jinsha Basheer, A Software Engineer In An MNC, Resigned
Her Job To Continue Fight Against Crimes And Expose Them
An Iraqi-Born Artist Rejects Identities Imposed on
Women
Sikh Labour MP Asks Boris Johnson to Apologise for
'Racist' Remarks against Muslim Women
National Sports Council D-G Blasts Terengganu Exco
over Comments About Female Gymnasts’ Attire
Israa Ghareeb: A Palestinian Woman Who Lost Her Life
In The Name Of ‘Honour’
259 Bangladesh Women Workers Waiting In Saudi Arabia
to Return Home
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Age Islam News Bureau
At A Sprawling Tent Camp In Syria, ISIS Women Impose A
Brutal Rule
100 Females Enrol In King Fahd University Of Petroleum
And Minerals For Higher Studies For First Time
52% Married Women In Pakistan Have Unmet Contraceptive
Needs
Paris Pool Closes Due To ‘Pro-Burkini’ Protest
Palestinian Woman Allegedly Killed After Posting
Picture With Fiance
Egypt's Islamic Institutions Set Four Conditions For
Freezing Women's Eggs
Women have key to peace and development of nation:
moot
Egypt’s Women’s Right Center Condemns Assault On Woman
By Niqab Wearers
Egyptian MP Proposes Law to Allow Women on State
Council
MP Proposes Allowing Female Judges In State Council
Positions
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Age Islam News Bureau
Having considered all this, it becomes easier to see why Bangladesh’s
small legal linguistic tweak is such a paradigm shift. Because be it a Bengali
bride, a Pakistani newlywed, or a young Iranian student, we are all living in a
part of the world where our virginity isn’t a personal matter....
Since a law making it
illegal for Muslim men to divorce their wives by pronouncing the word “Talaq”
three times was finally passed by the Indian parliament at the end of July, it
has been the focus of bitter argument....
First
Saudi Woman Appointed As Traffic Collision Inspector with Najm
First
Major Russian Brand to Feature Hijab-Wearing Model, Titled 'Just Be Yourself'
Aasia
Bibi: Pakistan Is My Country, Pakistan Is My Homeland, I Love My Country, I
Love My Soil
Two
Muslim Women Brutally Attacked At London Tube Station
Muslim
Woman’s Niqab Is ripped off as she’s ‘Beaten in London Street In front Of Her
Horrified Children’
Pune:
American Woman Abuses, Assaults Doctor Wearing Burqa, Booked
249,000
Kuwaiti Women Married To Foreigners Until 2018
Islamophobic
Incidents Rose 375% After Boris Johnson Compared Muslim Women To ‘Letterboxes’,
Figures Show
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