Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Women in Islam”
Mnar Muhawesh is the guest for the first half of the show; she explains why she created Mint Press News, as well as her experience of being a Muslim woman doing journalism in the U.S.Later in the program, the three hosts have a panel discussion covering, among other topics, the various connotations of the word “nationalist.” Web sites mentioned on …
Yasmin Mulbocus clutches her hijab as she sees images on TV of young women returning home from Syria. She hears them talk about how they escaped from the clutches of ISIS. Mulbocus sees herself in them—her former self. This 40-year-old mother of three with piercing black eyes, who speaks at what seems like a thousand words a minute, who elicits …
The revolution for women’s rights and equality within Islam began long ago. And it was initiated and is perpetuated by Muslim women themselves. Despite this, renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins recently tweeted: He followed this proclamation with the quotation of multiple verses from Islamic texts related to women garnering the ire of many Muslims, especially many Muslim women. Dawkins’ …
