Imam Labadia was surprised by a FBI visit in her home. It was because Labadia's co-worker was suspicious that her family was making bombs in their house. The fear was just because she is a Muslim woman and wears traditional hijab.
The incident...
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Rakia Abdullah visited her husband under tight security conditions in Barwon prison yesterday, located at the southeast of Melbourne. Her husband was accused on the charges of being the religious leaders of the radical Muslim and for his active...
A lot of hue and cry was made by the Muslim religious leaders over the so-called dress code for Sania Mirza. But it goes beyond comprehension as to why there is no voice raised by them against the illiteracy among the Muslim girls or the aginst the...
Maryam Rajavi, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against women, opined that violence against women is due to gender difference and oppression against women. Men can revive their humanity by giving women their...
This was for the first time that the women were given the opportunity to vote in Saudi Arabia.
However, officials expressed their disappointment over the low vote turnout of women in an election. Around 62 women from 2,800 registered female voters...
Iranian women appear to be defying the age long traditions and customs of the society. FOX News’Amy Kellog recently visited Iran and interviewed women where he found that the Iranian women are worried about their freedom.
More and more women in...
Equality Now urges extremists to put an end to the evil practice of female genital mutilation or FGM. A nice piece.
Canadian Society of Muslims makes an interesting observation, saying that Muslim women’s rights are much more advance in nature than...
To avoid swimming just to protect from the gaze of men may not be a good option. I do not know how these Muslim women clad fully in clothes, sitting by the sides of the beaches, can enjoy the water. So, the only way out is to either enjoy the water...
I do not know why, but a magnifying glass is placed over the status of Muslim women. But unfortunately, these glasses have been placed over some selective items, distorting the image to such extend that they never look similar. For example there was an...
In a survey conducted by the Anatolia news agency it was discovered that more than one- third of the Turkish women believe that they deserve beating from their husbands if they deny sex, burn food or argue with them.
The survey discovered that...
Now-a-days Fulla, a creation of Syria NewBoy Design Studio is turning Iranian and Moroccan girls crazy. She is a Barbie in black hijab, with smaller bust, and far more modest clothing. She also has abayas, head scarves and prayer mat.
Soon in the...
From last 30 years the Muslim are living in their own world, away from modernity. May be the West, humiliation, dictators, religious leader are to be blame for it. There is a strong need of some voices which may stand up and say “Enough! There is a...
I read one news article in Advocate titled � Muslim Women Dispels Myth�, in which it was pointed out that the American stereotype believe that Muslim women live under oppressive laws of Islam, though the status of women has changed from what it was...
According to the first ever global study of the problem of domestic abuse, it was discovered that it is one of the most common form of violence suffered by women.
World Health Organization has revealed that around 70 percent of the women suffer...
There appears to be a communication breakdown between U.S. and Muslim world, and for that only reason, President Bush advisory Secretary Karen Hughes, on her visit to Turkey and Saudi Arabia was criticized.
According to Charles Gibbs, Executive...
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Sharon Chadha has written for various publications, including RUSI Journal, the publication of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest security and defense think tank in London.
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