Veil which was their to protect a women from the outside gaze is turning a real threat to them. After the U.S. Terrorist attack, Muslim American women and Arabian American women are subject of insult and attack, as easily recognized by their veil or...
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The priorities of Muslim women has been confined to feeding their children and household chores. The Western media has pointed out that burqua for a Muslim women means everything to her. And that was the reason behind women not casting off their veil...
Asma Barlas in her book "Believing Women in Islam" offers a comprehensive knowledge of the Quran. This book is an answer to the queries of skeptics, who argue that the Quran does not give women an egalitarian status, highlighting the fact that...
In her book, "Daughter of Islam ", Miriam Adeney presents a very clear picture of the lives of Muslim women from around the world. You will learn about their aspirations and questions.
The book provides the reader a complehensive knowledge about the...
The sacred message of Islam that mankind has a single origin and it has been created for a single purpose are seemingly confined to the books alone, since in practical world, it hardly finds any application. More so in case of womenfolk.
The Talibani...
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...
Muslim women will have to remove their ‘niqabs’ if they want to cast their vote on 26th of this month.
However, initially they were allowed to vote as such, which ignited sparks from public.
Marcel Blanchet the chief electoral officer's...
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...
Muslim girls in the US have no problems with their traditional attire, hijab. They have tagged it as a source of strength, pride and a tool to spread correct information about much-stereotyped Islam.
However, in the past years, the issue has ignited...
Muslim women across the world have just one identity that excludes them from the rest of the women community- the veil. The western media often interprets this veil as a 'symbol of oppression'.
However, Miss England winner, Hammasa Kohistani...
Iraqi women burnt alive
Iraq as a nation might have won its freedom three years ago but the plight of women has not changed with the changing times.
Due to the powerful political intervention of its neighboring country Iran, Iraq has not...
'Muslim Women' and 'Veil' today is considered as two sides of the same coin. However, it would be wrong to perceive that an identity of Muslim women is restricted to her hijab.
Rhys Williams, a professor at Cincinnati University and Gira...
Miss Indonesia Universe 2006 receiving threatening calls from Islamic parties because of her bikini act
Rules of Islam says, Muslim women should always wear full length cloths such as 'traditional black abayas' and 'veil' because according to...
In the solely Muslim Women workforce factory in Riyadh a huge heavy metal door protected by bouncers like guards awaits to welcome any visitors who has to gain entry into the building. If it is male visitor you he has to wait for till his turn comes as...
Why is there so much of debate and discussion about the Muslim women no one knows? As if it is like a contagious disease that the topic needs to be made a matter of controversy.
Very much imbibed in our culture, we consider those women under the...
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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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