Nevertheless, some say that there are no limits when it comes to temporary marriage and that one can have as many “temporary wives” as he desires and have even forged hadiths from the...
Read More »Book: Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice
The essays in this collection offer insights into key issues in Islamic feminist scholarship, ranging from interreligious love, child marriage, polygamy, and divorce to stoning, segregation, seclusion, and...
Read More »What Kind of a Relationship Can a Boy & Girl Have after the Proposal, before Marriage?
From Islam’s point of view men and women are supplementary to each other and have been created for each other. In this regard the Quran says: “And of His signs is that He created for...
Read More »Does Islam Marginalize Women?
The following Op-Ed article attempts to investigate the possibility of having an active socio-political role for women in the Islamic point of view with special attention to the character of Lady Zaynab (pbuh) before, during, and...
Read More »Video: Imam Khomeini’s Great Respect toward His Wife
Sweeping the floor, washing the dishes and washing our own baby’s headscarf, Imam Khomeini did not consider these things as my duties....
Read More »Difference in Inheritance of Women and Men in Islamic Jurisprudence
The fact that a woman’s inheritance is half that of a man’s has enticed many to delve into the rationale behind this rule. In the answers that have reached us from the leaders of religion, the following point has been...
Read More »What Is the Status of the Women in Islam? Are They the Same as Men?
According to Islam, the man and woman have to be in pursuit of a common objective, which is to reach the pinnacle of humanity, and both must bear the means of accomplishing such an...
Read More »Imam Musa Sadr’s Solution for Shaking Hands with Women
When I was roughly 19 years old, I was assigned with a duty to deliver a letter written by my father (Ayatollah Sadr, the then grand Ayatollah) to the incumbent Iranian Prime Minister. I, therefore, travelled from Qom to...
Read More »Building a Family in the Eyes of Ayatollah Khamenei
Ayatollah Khamenei has introduced a model of an ideal Islamic family, which will aid in building an Islamic civilisation
Read More »Barriers to Spouse Selection
Statistics have shown that the rate of marriage, particularly in recent years, has decreased considerably....
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