Muslim Women

Jessica Elgot

'My Family Thought I'd Been Brain-Washed By A Cult'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK

Dilemmas over wearing the hijab, pressures to marry, abuse from BNP family members and trans-sexuality are just some of the experiences of female Musl...

Separate Toilets for Men and Women - Serious Issue of Discrimination

Shohana Khan | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Shohana Khan

Don't agree with the title? Well you are not alone, as neither do I. But student equality rights group, Student Rights, believes segregation of men and women is a cause for deep concern in University events. But not in toilets, or in society. In particular in Muslim university events.

Muslimah Pride: We Reject Femens Islamophobic and Neo-Colonialist Crusade to Save Us

Sofia Ahmed | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Sofia Ahmed

If Femen really want to help Muslim women they should address the fact that for far too long now, Muslim women have been marginalised, bombed, raped, killed, and enslaved by men from the western world. They should work within their own countries to try and subvert future wars against Muslim countries and help break down barriers. Or perhaps they should stick to trying to liberate women in the west.

To Femen: Let's Talk About What Liberating Women Really Means

Shohana Khan | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Shohana Khan

This week half naked women bared all across the cities of the Western world from Paris, Kiev to Melbourne, in a day of protest. Organised by Ukranian ...

Where are the Women?

Julian Bond | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Julian Bond

I recall that the first national event that we organised at the Christian Muslim Forum was an 'Imams and Ministers' conference. It was not the most inclusive name and few women (Christian or Muslim) were present. In fact, the feedback from the female Christian ministers was 'where are the Muslim women?'

Let's All Get Naked! Femen and Muslim Women

Ioannis Toutountzis | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK Politics
Ioannis Toutountzis

Political statements such as 'Muslim women let's get naked' are problematic to say the least, as they represent quite a black and white, essentialist view of what feminism is and how to achieve the goals it aspires to realise.

Trade is a Mutually Lucrative Means of Establishing Relationships Between the Muslim and Wider World

Shelina Janmohamed | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Politics
Shelina Janmohamed

In the eigth century, King Offa of England decided to mint coins with the Islamic declaration embossed on the rear. It was no doubt a practical decision by a ruler who wanted to trade with the increasingly close by and wealthy Muslim world. The 21st century is no different: trade still governs the reality of life.

Trade is a Mutually Lucrative Means of Establishing Relationships Between the Muslim and Wider World

Shelina Janmohamed | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Politics
Shelina Janmohamed

In the eigth century, King Offa of England decided to mint coins with the Islamic declaration embossed on the rear. It was no doubt a practical decision by a ruler who wanted to trade with the increasingly close by and wealthy Muslim world. The 21st century is no different: trade still governs the reality of life.

No Sex Education Please, We're Muslim!

Irna Qureshi | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Irna Qureshi

When I was introduced to the facts of life in a science lesson, I simply dismissed it as some repugnant English method of procreation which couldn't possibly apply to Pakistanis. I reasoned that Muslims didn't need these procedures because I'd heard babies were divinely ordained.

Extraordinary Muslim Women at the Olympics - Past to Present

Shaista Gohir | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK Sport
Shaista Gohir

Their biggest hurdle preventing girls from taking up sports is religious extremism, particularly for those living in conservative Muslim countries. Although there is nothing in the Quran forbidding women and girls from exercising and playing sports, religious scholars are making Islam more restrictive than it should be through misinterpretations.

Depressing Picture Emerges of Muslim Women Under Increasing Harassment From White EDL Supporters

Fiyaz Mughal | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Politics
Fiyaz Mughal

So what do Muslim women, white men between 20 and 50, EDL sympathisers, and the desire to wear a head covering and face veil have in common? Sounds a bizarre set of circumstances but there is a strand that links them together.

Muslim Women - Salient Emblems of Islam

Sahar Khan | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK
Sahar Khan

If the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him) were to return to earth today, what would he think of how his teachings regarding Muslim women have been distorted over the centuries?

When Anti-Racism Becomes Anti-Woman: The 'Privileging' of Race above Gender

Adele Wilde-Blavatsky | Posted 30.06.2012 | UK Politics
Adele Wilde-Blavatsky

Has the anti-racist debate really become so closed-minded, divisive and fearful? That a white person cannot question any practice or ideology, if it is prevalent amongst people of colour? Does that mean to criticise porn one has to be a porn star? To criticise rape one has to have been raped?

The Islamic Hijab: Is it Really as Oppressive as We Think?

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 15.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Preetam Kaushik

Over the last few decades, the steady immigration of Muslims from around the world to America and across Europe, has thrown the spotlight on the hijab. Many Americans and Europeans are surprised to find that contrary to what they believe, a large number of Muslim women do not wear the hijab out of compulsion but out of choice.

Celebrities Call on World Leaders not to Sacrifice Afghan Women's Rights

Shaista Gohir | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK Politics
Shaista Gohir

It's great to see that Dame Helen Mirren, Shazia Mirza, and Alesha Dixon are being the voice for women outside of Afghanistan so they can have one ins...

Is the Face Veil Really a Threat to Western Culture?

Shaista Gohir | Posted 19.11.2011 | UK Politics
Shaista Gohir

Anti Muslim sentiments are contagious - now Holland has joined the widespread campaign in Europe to criminalise the face veil. The veil is already ba...

Muslim women finding empowerment despite the hostility after 9/11

Shaista Gohir | Posted 10.11.2011 | UK Politics
Shaista Gohir

When they are given the opportunity, Muslim women are integrating, participating in civic, economic and social life while raising children who are productive members of society. In the last decade, Muslim women may have developed their religious identity, but it is now time to strengthen their national identity.

Belgium To Ban Burqas -- Is The UK Next?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Politics

Belgium will become the second EU nation to ban the burqa and niqab after France, reported RTE, Ireland's public service broadcaster. Starting next we...