The Muslim Woman

Morsal Obeidi was just 16, she wanted to live like the other girls in Germany. Free to make choices. But she paid dearly for aspiring to be free, her brother stabbed her 20 times. This honour killing right in the heart of Germany has sparked huge...

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...

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...

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...

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..