Statistics have shown that the rate of marriage, particularly in recent years, has decreased considerably....
Read More »Fundamental Difference in the Approach to Law between Islam and the West
Law is not supposed to endanger the interests of society—material or spiritual, worldly or otherworldly. Once a law is detrimental to any of these interests, it is not ideal and cannot meet the needs of...
Read More »Triple Talaq according to Shia and Sunni Scholars
According to a consensus by Shiite and Sunni jurists, if a man has triply divorced his wife, then it will be forbidden for him to marry her again, unless the woman marries another man and then gets divorced from him or...
Read More »Hijab-Wearing Supermodel Quits Fashion Industry
Halima Aden, the Somali American model, has announced that she’s leaving modeling, because the industry is forcing her to stray away from her...
Read More »The Human Status of Women in the Quran
As what kind of entity does Islam envisage Woman? Does it consider her the equal of man in terms of dignity and the respect accorded to her, or is she thought of as belonging to an inferior species? This is the question which we...
Read More »Personal Value and Women in Islam
Islam came to eradicate all forms of prejudice, sexism, classism, and any other system of human appraisal that ignored or suppressed the inherent value that God has placed on....
Read More »The Role of Women in the Event of Ashura according to Ayatollah Khamenei’s View
Zeinab al-Kubra (s.a.) is a prominent role model in history and shows the significance of a woman's presence in one of the most important events in human...
Read More »The Rights Islam Offers to Women
With the onset of Islam and its special teachings, the life of women entered into a new phase - a phase which differed vastly from the previous one and became one in which women availed of...
Read More »Islam and Traditional Sexual Ethics
The Islamic approach concerning marriage and morals differs from what is known about some of the traditional moralizations of a...
Read More »Why Shouldn’t Women Do Prayers and Fast during their Menses?
In fact, no divine law has been enacted or legislated without a rationale or reason but it remains concealed to us....
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