This ethnography provides a theoretically informed account of the educational journeys of students in girls’ madrasas in...
Read More »Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: 2010-2020
A unique collaboration of nearly 300 scholars worldwide, the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures 2010-2020 is an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and...
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According to Islam providing for the expenses of the family, including the expenses of his spouse, is a husband’s duty...
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 »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 »What Is the Status of the Women in Islam? Are They the Same as Men?
According to Islam, the man and woman have to be in pursuit of a common objective, which is to reach the pinnacle of humanity, and both must bear the means of accomplishing such an...
Read More »Barriers to Spouse Selection
Statistics have shown that the rate of marriage, particularly in recent years, has decreased considerably....
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 »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 »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....
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