This groundbreaking ethnography on Iranian howzevi (seminarian) women reveals how ideologies of womanhood, institutions, and Islamic practices have played a pivotal role in religiously conservative women's mobility in the Middle East...
Read More »Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law
This Book explores an expansive cross section of topics in ninth- to twelfth-century Hanafi legal thought, ranging from sexual crimes to consent to marriage, to show that early Muslim jurists imagined a world built not on a binary distinction between male and female but on multiple intersecting hierarchies of gender, …
Read More »Status and Personalities of Lady Zaynab (ʻA)
Zaynab is one of the granddaughters of the noble Prophet of God through his only surviving child, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (PBUH). According to several hadiths, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) named her Zaynab. The word “Zaynab”, literally means “a scenic tree with a beautiful fragrance”. It is also a compound of two words “zayn” (adornment) and “ab” (father), meaning the adornment of the father....
Read More »Muslims in Europe Experiencing ‘Worrying Surge’ in Racism: Survey
A survey has found a "worrying surge" in racism against Muslims in Europe following the Israeli regime's launch of a genocidal war against oppressed Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip....
Read More »The Hijab Meaning Explored
Muslim women cover their hair with veils out of obedience and devotion to God, which is the means to cultivating faith. In Surah al-Nur (24:31), God says, “And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which...
Read More »Islamic Laws of the Female Reproductive Cycle: Menstrual, Postpartum, and Non-Menstrual Bleeding
Islamic Laws of the Female Reproductive Cycle offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the Islamic rules surrounding the female reproductive cycle. While Islamic laws are universal, women face specific guidelines for menstruation (haydh), non-menstrual bleeding (istihadhah), and....
Read More »Prayer, Hijab and Moral Etiquettes are the Essentials of Arbaeen Pilgrimage
observes the teachings of Islam including those relating to prayer, hijab, self-reform, selflessness and moral etiquettes etc is the essential of Arbaeen pilgrimage .
Read More »Muslim Women in Britain, 1850–19500: 100 Years of Hidden History
The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured in some research, their lives and experiences prior to the present day have remained obscure, if not ‘hidden’, in both academic and...
Read More »The Critical Role of Women in Karbala
Regarding the tragedy of Ashura, one of the questions that arises is why Imam Husayn (a), knowing that he would have become martyr along with his companions, brought his family with him and what the role of the women in...
Read More »Islamic Hijab: its Form and Meaning
woman was considered as a humiliated being owned by men in order to achieve their sexual enjoyment.
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