Euronews
| Apr 1, 2013
Bahrain police casually tossed tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government female protesters, even though some of them were with toddlers. Women launched the demonstration in support of jailed political prisoners and against an upcoming Formula ...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 26, 2013
An explosive women's liberation is taking place in Morocco in an unusual traditional sport known as "gunpowder games." The activity involves a team of riders on horseback thundering to a finish line and firing guns in unison. Though women have lon...
France 24
| Feb 18, 2013
A group of young Muslim women who created and star in the satirical Danish television program "It's Still Veiling," which deals with Muslim issues and prejudices, have received death threats from those who accuse them of mocking their religion and...
Vital Voices
| Feb 4, 2013
Malala Yousafzai speaks for the first time since was targeted and shot in October 2012 for her advocacy on behalf of girls' education. Malala announced the creation of the Malala Fund, which supports the right to education for children across the ...
Al Jazeera
| Dec 3, 2012
Were Bahranians wild about visiting Kim Kardashian, or wildy furious? Depends on which Bahrainians. A mass of ecstatic fans greeted the reality star as she launched a new milkshake shop over the weekend, but Muslim demonstrators protesting her "ba...
Channel 4 News
| Nov 9, 2012
Speaking on behalf of Malala Yousafzai exactly a month after she was targeted on a school bus, her father Ziauddin Yousafzai said she wanted to thank well-wishers for helping her to "survive and stay strong".
ARTE France
| Oct 29, 2011
4Shbab is the first Islamist musical channel ever launched in the Arab world. 4Shbab's story and its protagonists reflect the melting pot of cultural contradictions that is the Middle East today: how to be modern, fond of music, and Muslim? They w...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 21, 2012
Less than two weeks after the Taliban shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, another teenager, Hina Khan, says her life has been threatened. And her family says the Pakistani government has not offered them any protection. Al Jazeera's Domin...
Associated Press
| Oct 19, 2012
The British hospital treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday when doctors said she was able to stand with some help and to write.
International Business Times
| Oct 15, 2012
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik is offering a $1 million bounty for the leader of the Pakistan Taliban, who claimed responsibility for the shooting of 14-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai. Malik charged that the attack on Malala, who ha...
— Feb 26 at 04:07 am
...to travel and to seek employment. They believe that tradition and tribal societies, not Islam, are to blame for the low status and oppression of...
— Oct 22, 2012 at 01:06 am
...different Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia. - The women in Islam are often viewed as a poor one, having to ...
— Jan 21, 2012 at 04:35 pm
...of the Muslim women. Many Muslims claim that “Islam honors women,” just as they claim that Islam is a “Religion of Peace.” The truth however, is...
The study of women in Islam investigates the role of women within the religion of Islam. The complex relationship between women and Islam is defined by Islamic texts, the history and culture of the Muslim world. The Qur'an states that both men and women are equal, but also, as in 4:34, that "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because God has given the one more (strength) than the other and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient and guard in (the husband's) absence what God would have them guard. " Sharia (Islamic law) provides for complementarianism, differences between women's and men's roles, rights, and obligations. However neither the Quran nor Hadith mention women have to be housewives. Majority Muslim countries give women varying degrees of rights with regards to marriage, divorce, civil rights, legal status, dress code, and education based on different interpretations. Scholars and other commentators vary as to whether they are just and whether they are a correct interpretation of religious imperatives.
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