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 »Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought
This book, an historical survey of the Islamic injunction to command right and forbid wrong, a biographical exposé of Muslims who understood and practiced this principle, and a bibliographical reference, is a...
Read More »A Short History of Hijab in heavenly Religions
By studying the history of prior religions, it is clear that the veil was part of other heavenly religions before Islam and the rules were...
Read More »Book: Gender Justice and Legal Reform in Egypt
Legal Reform and Gender Justice examines the interplay between legal reform and gender norms and practices. It examines the processes of advocating for, and contesting the khul‘ and new family courts laws, shedding light on...
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...
Read More »Article: Shīʿī Marriage Law in the Pre-Modern Period
This article addresses the differences between jurists of the three Shīʿī sects – Zaydīs, Ismāʿīlīs, and Twelver Shīʿīs – concerning the...
Read More »The Psychological and Physical Dangers of Sexual Promiscuity
In the bygone period under the influence of religious training, social system and etiquettes when youths were had sexual...
Read More »Contraceptives and Abortion from Islamic Viewpoint
Allowing birth control would mean allowing sex for pleasure. On the other hand, if you consider sex to be a natural act whose purpose is two-fold: procreation and/or fulfillment of sexual desire, then you...
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