The Muslim Woman

Hajj, the holy pilgrimage, in the past, was regarded as a challenge to women. The physically strenuous journey across the desert was considered to be very tough for the women. But today this remains just a myth, with hundreds and thousands of women...

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 ...

Rita Verdonk, Minister of Integration and Immigration is in the hit-list of Holland's Muslim. The government of Holland has decided to ban burqua and it is regarded that Verdonk is responsible for the move. Now,Iron Rita needs an iron shield to...

Why the double standard is adopted by the Muslims. Why the women's freedom is being barred on the name of religion. There is surely something going wrong in the Muslim World. Though the women account to 50 percent of the strong- faith community yet...

You spell out "Muslim Woman" and the image flashing across your imagination is that of a lady in a veil, living sheepishly behind the four walls of her house, busy performing the domestic chores...oblivious of the world outside. And this sets your mind...

Men in Islam are allowed to have more than one wife and this is prevalent not only in the Middle East countries but in India too - the land of Democracy. Paradoxically, despite the constitution of India bestowing the citizen to assert their right to...

Taslima Nasreen, the debatable writer from Bangladesh is yet again caught up in a controversy. Syed Noorul Rahman Barkati, the Imam from the Tipu Sultan Mosque in Kolkata has issued a fatwa against her. The Imam openly admits that he has issued a...

There have been cases where exclusive facilities are demanded, and to some extent, being granted to the Muslim women living in America. However, there are some in the Muslim community itself who believe that this might lead to a severe backlash....

With the changing times, many Muslim women, who earlier wore traditional dresses are now shattering all the shackles laid down by society and turning to designer garments. In many instances, one will find the Muslim women wearing trendy apparels...

Terror strike the entire nation of America when the Al-Oaeda attacked the WTO on that fatal day of 9/11 and since then all the Muslim's living out in US has had to face insult every single day. Life for Samina Faheem Sundas, now the national...