History records few scholarly enterprises, at least before modern times, in which women have played an important and active role side by side with men. The science of hadith forms …
Know These Great Women of Islamic History
In the Qur’an, Allah SWT declares: “For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are …
Shariah Laws and Women: Interpretations and Misinterpretations
Women’s issues are the real test for the current Islamic reform. The reason is that groundless and unfair differentiation between men and women is deeply embedded in many popular opinions …
Shining Young Muslimah: Interview with Arfa Aijazi
Arfa Aijazi is a student at one of the best colleges in America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an institution that has served as the educator of some of the …
The Female Scholars of Islam
“O Mankind! Fear your Lord who has created you from a single soul, and from it He created its mate; and from them both, He brought forth multitudes of men …
Empowering Women – Reinstituting the Divinely Ordained Balance
Most human authority, historically, has deemed itself privileged, preferred, and entitled. That has repeatedly resulted in debasement, harm, and denial of rights for countless human beings. Prophet Muhammad, peace be …
Who Defines Me
As I sit in the lecture hall listening to a scholar speak about haya’ and modesty, I brace myself for what’s to come. Sure enough, right on cue, the scholar …
Family Structure: The Complete Puzzle
I have seen it all too often—the woman who complains that her husband takes her daughter’s side;or a grandmother (either maternal or paternal) living in the home is spoiling the …
38TH Annual ICNA-MAS Convention Report
The Hartford Convention Center was teeming with the sights and sounds that bring Muslims back each year. This was the ICNA-MAS 38th Annual Convention which was themed “Islam: The Pursuit …
Divine Mandate for Helping the Deprived and the Disadvantaged
Human life is ever vulnerable and unpredictable. It’s also a fact of life that nobody is immune from this uncertainty. People face misfortune for countless reasons. Even when someone faces …