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Khawla bint al-Azwar (Arabic: خولة بنت الازور; died 639), was an Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate. She played a major role in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and fought alongside her brother Dhiraar. She has been described as one of the greatest female soldiers in history.
Lisa Smith (born c. 1981) is a former Irish soldier who converted to Islam and later travelled to Syria during the Syrian Civil War to join the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) during the Syrian Civil War.
Beginning in 2012, dozens of girls and women traveled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), becoming brides of Islamic State fighters. While some traveled willingly, including three British schoolgirls known as the Bethnal Green trio, [1] [2] others were brought to Iraq and Syria as minors by their parents or family or forcefully.
Sinead Kavanagh is an Irish female mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Bellator MMA. Fight Matrix had her ranked #10 Women's Featherweight from April 2021 till July 2021, and March 2022.
professor of politics and women's studies, member of the British House of Lords [39] Nazir Afzal: United Kingdom: 1962 – Public prosecutor and campaigner focusing on violence against women and so-called honour crimes [40] Leila Ahmed: Egypt: 1940 – Writer on Islam and feminism [41] Safia Ahmed-jan: Afghanistan: 1941: 2006: Afghan women's ...
The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the ...
Hadji Kamlon, Tausug freedom fighter, Sunni Muslim, Ash'ari in Aqeeda, Shafi'i in Madh'hab; Mat Salleh (Datu Muhammad Salleh), Sabah warrior from Inanam who led the Mat Salleh Rebellion until his death. He was a relative of Sattiya Munuh son of Sayyid Qasim, grandfather of Panglima Bandahala who was the right hand of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II.
It's called the Female Tactical Platoon. One year after the U.S. pullout, these women who served in Afghanistan's security units are among the most endangered — even outside of Afghanistan. Meet ...