A section of poor Muslim women often face the brutality of a male-dominated society. Women and girls all over the world(of all religions and nationalities)are not safe from violence and exploitation in the so called 'age of globalization and...
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Qatar, an Emirate on the western shores of Persian Gulf has made headlines for the wrong reasons. A study on violence against women, “surprisingly and eventually” the first of their kind in the Emirate “has made a new statement”.
“Women in Qatar...
Women are less than cows, but yet their sexual allure is distracting Muslim males who are no less than lions. The Taliban in Afghanistan publicly thrashed women for joy. And now a mullah in Malaysia has blamed women for snatching men’s sleep. Nik...
Over the years, in every religious society, women have always been considered as physically and mentally subordinate and unproductive to men. The trend might have reduced somewhat in the 21st century due to the advent of media, women commissions, NGOs,...
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; RFE/RL Newsline, a publication produced by Radio Free...
Despite graduating from universities at a faster rate than men, Saudi women face an array of challenges in this conservative Arab country. Women’s life in Saudi Arabia is not easy, they have to face innumerable restrictions sometimes from their...
Two women were forced to part with their heads, you read it right, I’m talking about heads! They were beheaded after getting a tag of prostitution; Islamic militants in Pakistan reprimanded the Taliban- style justice to the vulnerable women....
No doubt, the monster of terrorism is engulfing the world day by day but along with this, there is a creeping predicament that too is swallowing up human race but there’s a difference in this case. Here the victims are women, from ‘crimes of passion’ to...
The Fourth Women Islamic Games held recently in Tehran gave women the chance to stand hand in hand with the preaching of Islam. The Muslim women should be given the right to decide whether she wants to follow her passion for sports or her religion. The...
Melissa Matos, converted to Islam, sometimes feel alienated from her family and friends but she has substantial reasons for embracing Islam. If asked, she would go back to the seventh- century of Arabia, where it was believed that Prophet received Holy...
It's really tough to spraed awareness about HIV/AIDS among Muslim women. Due to this very reason campaigns in the Muslim countries do not turn up to be very successful. The prejudice prevailing among the Muslim community that the West tries to spread ...
Women are treated as commodity in the Muslim World and Ethiopia is an example for it. The Muslim women are being brutally beaten by the males, even to the extent of slitting the throat or putting a bullet in woman’s head on the pretext of “honor...
For I was really looking for such kind of book in the market. The book has a collection of well researched case studies. The essays in the book reveal the wide variety of believers in the Muslim society. On the whole the book is quiet interesting and...
There is general misconception among non- muslim that sex is a western culture and in Islam it is regarded as something shameful, indecent and and unethical. Infact it is not so. Islam never prohibits sex between husband and wife.
However, it...
How could anyone say that Islam does not differentiate with women when men are permitted polygamy, there are still cases of female genital mutilation(FGM). But then before labeling Islam as an anti- women religion one must give a look on the teachings...
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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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