Saudi Arabia has changed its decadeslong rule that mandated single women be accompanied by a male relative when performing an Islamic pilgrimage, facilitating the participation of thousands of single ...

The education of girls and women is universally accepted in more than 200 countries and territories, including nearly 50 Muslim-majority nations. But Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers ...

From majoritarian communalism to minority-specific fundamentalism, how have Muslim women navigated new vulnerabilities over ...

Is it true that Prophet Muhammad said that women are short of mentality? If yes, explain this point of view, because I have been talking with someone who thinks that Islam does not respect women. ..

(RNS) — The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of prominent rulers who influenced Islamic civilization. (RNS) — In “Queens ...

Daisy Khan has devoted her career to fighting Islamophobia, uplifting women and building bridges between Muslims and other faith groups. In her work, she has often confronted bias against women in ...

By Md Afzalul Haque There has been report that the valid way of dissolution of the marriage under Muslim law viz. Talaq al ...

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for a clear and unequivocal stance against violence towards women, declaring that any form of physical abuse, including a slap, is a punishable ...

Muslim Sisters of Éire (MSOÉ) is helping to change Irish society's perception of Islam thanks, in part, to an inspirational weekly soup run in Dublin. Founded by Dubliner Lorraine O'Connor in 2010, ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - For three years Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali galvanized Dutch society with a frank account of her traumatic past and her conviction that Islam is a violent, misogynous religion.

In Islamic tradition, one of the few symbols that have often been misunderstood is the hijab. To many outside the faith, the sight of a Muslim woman covering her hair raises certain questions. But to ...