Nevertheless, some say that there are no limits when it comes to temporary marriage and that one can have as many “temporary wives” as he desires and have even forged hadiths from the...
Read More »Role of Women in the Government of Imam al-Mahdi
The reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (ع), like the original appearance of Islam itself, will instigate revolutionary changes in the world. In particular, his movement will challenge the...
Read More »Does Islam Marginalize Women?
The following Op-Ed article attempts to investigate the possibility of having an active socio-political role for women in the Islamic point of view with special attention to the character of Lady Zaynab (pbuh) before, during, and...
Read More »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...
Read More »Difference in Inheritance of Women and Men in Islamic Jurisprudence
The fact that a woman’s inheritance is half that of a man’s has enticed many to delve into the rationale behind this rule. In the answers that have reached us from the leaders of religion, the following point has been...
Read More »The Iranian Revolution and Women’s Tight to Political Participation
Throughout human history, the issue of women’s political participation has always been a recurrent theme that has undergone fluctuating status. It took many years and at times decades for even great revolutions to actualize and fulfill the political participation of women. The present Op-Ed article attempts to investigate the issue …
Read More »Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Lauds Austria’s Top Court for Overturning Hijab Ban
Iranian top cleric Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani thanked Austria’s supreme court for overturning a ban wearing headscarves in the European country’s schools....
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 »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 »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...
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