Israelis Facing a Seismic Rift Over Role of Women
By ETHAN BRONNER and ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — In the three months since the Israeli Health Ministry awarded a prize to a pediatrics professor for her book on hereditary diseases
Jail sentence for French Niqabi
By īmān Khalaf- MM News Correspondent from London A 32-year old mother is set to become the first woman imprisoned by the French government following its introduction of the niqab
Niqab Rage: Canadian Woman Given Sentence for Anti-Muslim Bigotry
By Waleed Ahmed -MuslimMatters correspondent from Toronto It was supposed to be just another shopping trip when Inas Kadri ventured out to the mall with her two little children last
Is Piety the only Beauty?
One day a sister dropped by to pick up something and saw me dressed up with make-up and jewelry, so she assumed I was going somewhere. When I told her
Unspoken for: The Unheard Victims of Domestic Violence Part 2
21 November, 2011
by Guests Family and Community, Featured, Gender Relations, News & Views, Relationships, Society, Society 25 comments
written by an Anonymous Guest Seeing the Truth Little by little, day by day, as she continued her irrational behavior, my mother’s abuse began to finally wear down on the
British Muslims: Film Your Day on Nov 12th! #BritainInADay
Britain In A Day is a great opportunity for British Muslims to share their personal lives with their neighbours and the wider community. Britain in a Day is an extraordinary
10th Anniversary of 9/11: Sh. Yasir Qadhi at United for Change Conference
12 September, 2011
by Yasir Qadhi Dawah and Interfaith, Inspiration and Spirituality, Politics, Society, Specialists, Terrorism 20 comments
The United for Change Conference took place on September 10th, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown, Washington, D.C. It brought together a diverse group of speakers, all of whom reflected on the post-9/11 decade and its impact on American Muslims. The following is Sh. Yasir Qadhi’s speech.
The Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia: Women Challenging the Ban by Driving
Take away the ability to move from a human being and you have put her or him in a virtual prison. Saudi Arabian women have been in this virtual prison for years. They are not allowed to drive. Every Muslim country in the world lets women drive, except Saudi Arabia. Why? No one except the Saudi Arabian government knows. There is no Islamic reasoning for it. Since there were no ‘cars’ 1400 years ago, Muslim scholars turn to permissibility of an action by looking at the closest general mode. Here it is transportation.
The Muslim Teen Experience: Leadership Program – Part 1
I then looked around the room, and realized how we must have looked to everyone. There’s the “hijabi†ghetto in the corner. That’s exactly how it looked, and this was an icebreaker, which meant we were supposed to get to know new people – not stick to the same group, or alienate ourselves! The organizers said several times: people from the same schools need to spread out… and who looked liked they belonged to the “same school” more than us?!”
Yahoo: US Muslims: a new consumer niche
By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer – Mon Dec 27, 2:02 am ET NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – In the ballroom of an upscale hotel a short train ride from New York, advertisers, food industry executives
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