The Muslim Woman

As a non Muslim person, I had to do some research when asked to answer this question. This is rather like asking, “Are Jews cool with pork?” Every religion has its extremists, who take what is written as the iron clad law of the land. And every...

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...

He was brainwashed, otherwise he was a very good human being, this is what Hasina Patel, the widower of the gang leader of the July 7 suicide bombings thinks about her husband. I pray for him because I feel there was a good person in there but feel.

Girls of Muslim community are trying to surface from their shell of chauvinistic written laws, which actually is a good move. It seems they have finally realized their inner strength is the only tool that may redeem them from the tentacles of...

For a change, Gen Pervez Musharraf did open his mouth against the US, where he hardly finds anything wrong! He said that rape and other kinds of violence against women are a global phenomenon and that it would be factually incorrect to single out...

A gruesome incident, which led to the death of a teen in north of Iraq created a widespread condemnation. It was able to gather attention of international media because of the footage. Now authorities in the region have detained four people with...

Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service's director for west London asserted that Islamic terror groups are responsible for a murder and another threat to kill, hence, he concluded that Islamic extremists are igniting the spread of 'honor' based...

The English Department of Education and Skills in Great Britain has decided to give teachers the right to be able to ban Muslims from wearing their religious veils to school. The authorities in favor of the ban asserted that the veil puts hindrance...

Dr. Heba Kotb is a conservative Muslim, who has crossed the bounds of the chauvinistic Muslim society in her famous soap opera, Big Talk, where she candidly talks about the issues related to sex. Though its just been two months but the show on the...

After the proposal of ban on burqa, more than a dozen women remonstrated outside the Dutch parliament. They wore a niqab, long robes and veils that expose only their eyes. Ayse Bayrak, protest organizer said, 'We live in a free country and the...