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Some people are upset that M. Hasna Maznavi and Sana Muttalib, together with other women, organized the first mosque for Muslim women in...

Introduction Marriage has been a universal institution across cultures and religions, celebrated as a sacred bond between two...

Some 50 million sex workers known as prostitutes exist in our world today. Eighty percent of them are female and range in age between...

History often remembers kings, generals, and rulers—but sometimes, the bravest souls remain unnamed. Among the forgotten heroes of the...

Except for two, all Afghan national soccer players are beardless. Under the Taliban, they would have to grow beards of a specific size or...

Violence is real and impacts millions in every religious and ethnic community. It's a broad term that includes physical, sexual,...

Beat Them: Understanding the Contested Verse in the Qur’an By Aslam Abdullah May 29, 2020 | Updated: Jul 27 Introduction If there is a...

The world is witnessing an unprecedented movement for dignity and self-respect in the narrow streets and crowded lanes of almost every...

The Quran and the Prophet's example show that women and men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that woman...

Some say she was born in 555 AD, and others say she was born in 567. If we accept the first one, then at the time of her marriage in 595...

The practice of Halala —forcing a divorced woman to marry and consummate marriage with another man before returning to her former...

Shaikh Bin Baz, a noted Islamic scholar, justified the practice of forbidding Muslim women from visiting graves or accompanying the...

Islam is not a religion for men only. The universe is not for the enjoyment of men only. The divine commandment inviting people to...