AURORA - With the floodlights cast on the Islamic world since 9/11, the plight of Muslim women has drawn intense media attention. After years of relative obscurity, seemingly they have found ...

Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs hosted an event contextualizing the different understandings of how Islamic teaching pertains to women’s behavior on Oct.

In collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, the Swiss human rights NGO UN Watch hosted a side event at ...

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 ...

I see myself as a strong, empowered young Muslim-American woman who has overcome bigotry, ignorance, and racism that attempted to make me feel ashamed of my Islamic beliefs and values. It’s common for ...

Assistant Professor in Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University The two first British mosques were established in 1889 in Liverpool and ...

Muslim women are breaking stereotypes worldwide, entering fields once dominated by men. From law, activism, media and architecture to science and space exploration, they are changing how people see ...

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 ...