As the coronavirus pandemic offers time to step back, Muslim Americans rethink how mosques can be more welcoming to women and adapt financially. A publicly funded retirement home in Vesoul, France, ...

The second session of the “The Islamic World Today: Issues and Perspectives” conference featured two female speakers, both members of the Islamic community, on Monday. Each of them has studied and ...

This story is part of a series by The Associated Press, Religion News Service and The Conversation on women’s roles in male-led religions. CAIRO (AP/RNS) — Shortly after Kholoud al-Faqeeh was ...

Women are becoming more active and outspoken, and more women are going to mosques." Younger Muslim women generally are the ones reaching out, she said, because they speak better English, understand ...

Line Nyhagen has received funding from the European Commission's 6th framework programme (2007-2011). To dispel some of those misconceptions, it’s important to understand the varied experiences of ...

Despite the Taliban's history of oppressing women under its strict interpretation of Sharia (Islamic law), a Taliban spokesman pledged that the terrorist group would protect the rights of women… ...

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 ...

The following traditions of the Prophet indicate the elevated function of woman in Islam: “Women are half of men. Fear God in respect of women. Heaven lies beneath the feet of mothers. (That is, those ...