A student organization at the University of Illinois is hosting a week-long group of festivities on the Urbana-Champaign campus in order for students to learn about...
Read More »Fighting for Motherhood: The Case for Valuing One of the most Vital Members in Society
Yet in Islamic teachings, a mother is also considered a child’s “first teacher”. In modern societies, mothers who choose to stay at home and raise their children are more and more often considered to be “wasting their time”, and...
Read More »The Role of the Women of Ashura
In all the events that occurred before, during, and after the Day of Ashura, the role of the women was especially remarkable as they were exemplars in demonstrating how to resist against oppression. There were wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters in the camp of Imam Husayn who displayed love and...
Read More »8 Different Hijab Styles from around the World +Pics
For some it's all about religion and conviction, for others it's tradition, for a lot of women it's a choice.With Islamophobia, hate crimes, and burkini scandals taking over the world's headlines, Muslims - particularly hijabis - remain standing
Read More »Victoria’s First Hijabi Policewoman Says the Challenges
Victoria's first policewoman to be wear a hijab on duty has revealed the challenges she faces being a Muslim on the frontline amid the heightened threat of...
Read More »Ayatollah Makarim Issues Open Letter to Al-Azhar’s Imam on Temporary Marriage
Temporary marriage is not a means to abuse by sensual abusers and homosexuals! For this reason, in the questions we have been asked, we have given a fatwa that temporary marriage is only permitted if it is necessary, for example, when a person is away from his family and fears that if doesn’t use such a...
Read More »Hijabi Muslim Women Face more Islamophobic Attacks in Australia
The report, Islamophobia in Australia, used 243 reported incidents involving physical, verbal and online attacks between September 2014 and December 2015 and found that over two-thirds of...
Read More »Muslim Teacher Awarded €7k Compensation for Hijab Job Rejection
The state of Berlin has been ordered to pay a Muslim teacher €6,900 after she was rejected from a job because her hijab contravened a German law restricting religious symbols in the...
Read More »Hijab in Islam is Must and Should be Practiced by All
Quran mandates hijab both for men and women and says to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veil over their breasts and not...
Read More »Norway Proposes Ban on Full-Face Veils in Schools
Norway aims to ban face-covering Muslim veils in kindergartens, schools and universities, the government said on Monday, the latest European nation to propose restrictions on wearing burqas and...
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