Britain is one of the few countries known for possessing higher civilian ethics and supporting human rights in the best possible way. However, quite shocking it’s to know that here too women are subjected to brutality, sometimes in the name of...
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It is still a paradox as to what many religious leaders of the Islamic community preaches and practices. Some says that it is the duty of the Muslim women to draw the veil whether they are amidst the public forum or at home, but the unfortunate...
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...
Once again Pakistan has hit the headline and earned the bad repute, however, not for its increasing terrorist or political controversies this time, but for ever degrading condition of women in the nation, generally dominated by male.
In...
Women might be narcissist, yet they can be a venomous threat if circumstances call for it. This is the latest news that has shaken the powered task forces in many parts of the world. Unlike the stereotyped perception that a woman in the Muslim...
The issue of Islamic dress code has always been a controversial matter. Verse 33:59 of the Quran states that the women should draw over themselves their “jilbab”(outer garment) when in public. This will be more conducive to their being recognized as...
Laurie A. Brand in her book Women, the State, and Political Liberalization has talked about the problems faced by the women and political liberalization. She has given the various references in the book through her experience of women in Eastern Europe...
In Sudan illegal brewing of alcohol is in business. But what’s astonishing is that amongst illegal brewers majority is of women. It appears that the Muslim living in Sudan have turned impotent.
The Islamic code of Law, Sharia does not permit women...
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...
Souad life changed altogether when four years ago she was told by the Ministry of Health and Population she is tested positive for HIV. But she is not alone there are many like her in Egypt suffering from the deadly disease.
According to the...
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...
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...
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...
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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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