The term Hijab tends to be used as a catchall in the West for all Islamic head coverings, but is mainly used to mean a headscarf. For Muslim women’s representation in media and popular culture, this is the most....
Read More »Call for Papers: Women and Islam: Agency in Francophone and Italophone Autobiography
The aim of this conference is to examine how these texts negotiate the misconceptions and prejudices affecting the lives of Muslim women in Europe with a specific focus on Italy and...
Read More »Berlin to Allow Muslim Teachers to Wear Hijab
The German state of Berlin will allow Muslim teachers to wear headscarves, authorities confirmed on Wednesday....
Read More »The Role of Theologian Women in Contemporary Iran on Reducing Religious Violence and Gender Discrimination
This paper examines religious violence among Muslims against women - as a case study of Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979....
Read More »Seeing through the Thick Fog of the Islamophobia Assault on Hijab
The current Islamophobia assault on hijab in Iran should be understood as part of a hybrid warfare against the Islamic Republic. For more than 60 days, unsubstantiated news stories full of hypes, Orientalist tropes, and...
Read More »The System of Rights of Women in Islam: Revised Edition of The Rights of Women in Islam
The book presents a realistic picture of women's rights in Shi’ah Islam. Contrary to popular propaganda, the laws, teachings and practices of Islam provide a complete system for a dignified life for women....
Read More »On the Islamic Hijab by Martyr Mutahhari
This text attempts to explain the benefits of modest dress, the philosophic and social reasons for dressing modestly, and analyses the rules and laws involving appropriate gender interaction, explaining in details the...
Read More »The West Oppressed Women: Ayatollah Khamenei
Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says not only have the Western countries oppressed women, but they have also been hypocritical in the way they criticize Islam over women’s rights. The Leader made the remarks during a meeting with...
Read More »Islam and Women: A New Approach
This present book deals with topics as diverse as the methodology of discussing Islam, the hijab, women’s rights, the status of women in Islam, gender identity, family life, raising children, the duty of parents, the ideal married life, and being a leader and a...
Read More »Sweden’s Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Hijab for Schoolgirls
Sweden’s Supreme Court has reversed the schoolgirl headscarf ban passed by the municipality of Staffanstorp in 2019, arguing that it contravenes freedom of expression laws....
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