For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia. In local pagan society, it was ...
Host Liane Hansen talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about her series investigating the lives of Muslim women living in European countries. The series will air this week on Morning Edition and Weekend ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- In the months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and her friend Aliki Moschis-Gauguet noticed that the only depictions they saw of Muslim women ...
Researchers at Pew have said their analysis of data on the educational attainment of Muslim women across the world shows that religion plays a much less significant role in limiting their achievements ...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a staunch defense of the hijab as more women flout the Islamic Republic ...
Gandhinagar: A large number of Muslim women participated in a yoga camp organised in Ahmedabad on Friday by the Gujarat State ...
The Supreme Court has made a pivotal ruling that requires bridegrooms to return any financial gifts received from their ...
For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia. In local pagan society, it was ...
Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women, by Phyllis Chesler (New English Review Press, 462 pp., $29.99) Phyllis Chesler’s crucial early encounter with the reality of Muslim ...