Category: Women In Islam

  • The Hijab and The Mus­lim Woman

    The Hijab and The Mus­lim Woman

    The Islamic revival symbolized by the current resurgence of the hijab is often considered as an attempt of Arab Muslims to restore their pride and identity which have been repeatedly undermined by colonization and economic retardation. Man has always had a conservative tendency and reacts against which is new and unfamiliar without realizing whether it…

  • Why I Love the Mus­lim Veil

    Having been on both sides of the veil, I can tell you that Western male politicians and journalists have no idea what they are talking about when they blame Islam for child brides, female circumcision, honor killings and forced marriages. A careful reading of the Qur'an shows that just about everything Western feminists fought for…

  • Decon­struct­ing Mis­con­cep­tions : The Ques­tion of Four Wit­ness­es for Rape Cases

    Decon­struct­ing Mis­con­cep­tions : The Ques­tion of Four Wit­ness­es for Rape Cases

    Clarifying misconceptions about the requirement of four witnesses for rape in Islamic law. Get an in-depth understanding of Islam's viewpoint on rape, its punishment, and the true needs for evidence. Debunk common myths by exploring the detailed insights today.

  • An After­noon With The Hijjabed

    The following is a documentary produced by a group of students Multimedia University Cyberjaya, Malaysia, featuring opinions from various Muslim women about how they feel about the hijab (or the tudung as it is known in Malay) and streamed from YouTube. It portrays a very good side of Islam that is rarely shown to a…

  • Unpar­al­leled Jus­tice in Islam : Divorce and Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion of Marriage

    Divorce (talaaq) in Islam is ​“most hat­ed of per­mis­si­ble things to God”, as stat­ed in a pop­u­larised hadith This invari­ably sums up the per­mis­si­bil­i­ty of divorce and its legal basis in the Noble Qur’an, the Sun­nah of the Prophet Muham­mad (P) and the Mus­lim consensus.  The Qur’an­ic verse on the mat­ter is as follows : “Divorce is…

  • Are Women Equal to Dogs and Donkeys ?

    Are Women Equal to Dogs and Donkeys ?

    Recent­ly a Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ary by the name of ​“Lazarus” pub­lished the results of an e‑mail dia­logue with a mis­lead­ing title of ​“Is Islam Women-Friend­ly ?”. A pletho­ra of wild imag­i­na­tion and false inter­pre­ta­tions form the nuclei mate­r­i­al for the above ​“dia­logue”. Most of what was addressed have been dealt with before. How­ev­er, what we are con­cerned with here is…

  • Women In Islam : Islam­ic Law On Inheritance

    Women In Islam : Islam­ic Law On Inheritance

    Inheritance deals closely with the distribution of wealth, i.e. dealing with the transfer of the property of the deceased to the descendants. In most of the early societies in ancient civilisation, the right to inherit the deceased properties is often given to the eldest son and male relatives. Female relatives are given lesser right to…

  • Women and Divorce From The Islam­ic Perspective

    Women and Divorce From The Islam­ic Perspective

    The position of women in an Islamic marriage institution has always been a question among the critics outside Muslim world. Islam is accused for not giving the fair right to women as compared to their husbands, and this include in the matter of divorce.

  • A Com­par­i­son of Women in the Qur’an and the Bible

    Chris­tians claim that the cur­rent equal­i­ty of women now enjoyed by Chris­t­ian women came from the Bible, and that Islam is cru­el towards women. Below are the com­par­isons of issues on women between the Bible and the Qur’an I leave it to you to decide which Book is the one which tru­ly gives free­dom to women…