When Rashida Tlaib stands on Jan. 3 for her ceremonial swearing in as the first Palestinian-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, it will be with her hand on a copy of the Quran....
Read More »Conversion to Twelver Shi‘ism among American and Canadian women
In the United States, at least a quarter of the Muslims are thought to be converts. Nevertheless, conversion to Islam in North America only received substantial media and academic attention after the September 11th attacks. Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi‘i Islam. To fill …
Read More »Video: Muslim Woman’s Powerful Response to OFSTED’s Attempts to Ban Hijab
Latifa Abouchakra, a Muslim Teacher’s powerful response to OFSTED’s attempts to ban young Muslim students from wearing the hijab at NEU-NUT Section Annual Conference 2018.
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa on Girls Circumcision
The Shia Grand Marja, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani answered a question about girls’ circumcision...
Read More »Personal Value and Women in Islam
Can a price tag be placed on human life? Are certain people more valuable than others? Does every person possess an undeniable value, and therefore dignity, irrespective of gender, background, race, ethnicity, or...
Read More »Thailand Court Allows Schoolgirls to Wear Hijab
The Songkhla Provincial Administrative Court of Thailand has ordered that female Muslim students be allowed to wear a hijab at Anuban Pattani School in..
Read More »Indonesian Province Bans Women to Dining with Non-Mahram in Restaurant
A district in Indonesia’s deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married or related, according to an official who said it would...
Read More »San Francisco Museum Set to Exhibit Contemporary Muslim Fashion
The exhibition touches on how the women define themselves through what they wear, thus offering a much-needed snapshot of present-day Muslim modest fashion...
Read More »Iowa Group Offers Sports Hijab to Encourage Muslim Girls
An eastern Iowa non-profit group is offering sports hijab to Muslim girls to encourage them to play sports and stay active...
Read More »A Guide Book for Women on Rites of Hajj+PDF
This is a guidebook from a series of Guidebooks that aim to answer all the questions a woman would have in relation to Islamic issues in order to help them gain more Ma'rifat and...
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