Ijtihad Network Islamic Jurisprudence
Brunel University London has become the first UK university to unveil a sports hijab for its Muslim sportswomen...
February, 2019
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6 February
Conversion to Twelver Shi’ism among American and Canadian Women
Little research has been done on Western women who convert to Shi‘i Islam. To fill this gap, this study was conducted on American and Canadian women who have converted to....
January, 2019
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29 January
The Practice of Khulʿ in Germany: Pragmatism versus Conservativism
In this article, the writer examines how Muslim women who are religiously-married in Germany might initiate no-fault divorce in the absence of a German registered civil marriage...
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8 January
Video: Nusrat Amin’s Treasury of Knowledge by Dr. Massi Dakake
Most of women who reached very high level in religious scholarship or religious establishment in Iran are the wives or the daughters of famous religious scholars; religious scholars who have a family legacy. But Nusrat Amin doesn’t...
December, 2018
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31 December
Violations of Women’s Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
Islam’s equality between men and women is indeed guaranteed; there is no doubt about it except in the minds of the ignorant, be they non-Muslims or Muslims whose knowledge of...
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27 December
Was Imam Ali a Misogynist? The Portrayal of Women in Nahj al-Balaghah and Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays
One of the most controversial Shiʻi texts today is a sermon in Nahj al-Balaghah (an early eleventh century collection of materials attributed to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib) describing women as deficient in faith and intellect. This is only one of several passages in Nahj al-Balaghah which come across as...
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22 December
The Main Challenge for a Muslim Woman Is Hijab
“Because of the function of the mass media in the west, Europeans think that Muslim women are illiterate and marginalized and they are not able to make any decision,” the head of the European Union of...
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6 December
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.
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3 December
Cultural Adoption through Online Practices across Social Media Platforms
The article "Cultural Adoption through Online Practices across Social Media Platforms: The Case of Saudi Women" reports ongoing qualitative research into Saudi women’s online practices across...
November, 2018
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26 November
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...
