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In response to the genocidal rape against Muslims in the Bosnian genocide, Al-Adawiya founded Women in Islam in 1992, [8] which was the "first national women’s organization founded by and on behalf of Muslim women". al-Adawiya formed a national campaign to advocate for the creation of women-friendly mosques, urging mosques to welcome women ...
A charismatic and capable leader, published records testify that Rufaida Al-Aslamia, who practiced at the time of Muhammad, was the first Muslim nurse. [7] While there is slight controversy in who is "technically" the first surgeon and nurse in history, Middle Eastern countries attribute the status of the first-ever nurse to Rufaida, a Muslim ...
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 ...
Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية), [1] known in shorter form as Fatima al-Fihriya [2] or Fatima al-Fihri, [3] was an Arab woman who is credited with founding the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque in 857–859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
Other Muslim-majority states with notably more women university students than men include Kuwait, where 41% of females attend university compared with 18% of males; [151] Bahrain, where the ratio of women to men in tertiary education is 2.18:1; [151] Brunei Darussalam, where 33% of women enroll at university vis à vis 18% of men; [151] Tunisia ...
Dentist Year of graduation Year of starting practice Burkina Faso: Véronique Kyelem [1] 1972 1987 Ghana: Hilda Ayensu [2] Kenya: Muthoni Gitata [3] Liberia: Rachael Hill Townsend [4] Namibia: Sarti Mwatilifange [5] and another woman 1994 Nigeria: Simi Johnson [6] and Grace Guobadia [7] 1957 South Africa: Jane Nathan [8] [9] [10] 1917 Sudan ...
Since the Islamic Golden Age, Muslims, including women, have been actively participating in various sciences. [1] [2] Despite being involved in politics throughout Islamic history, women have experienced—and still continue to experience—gender-based discrimination in many Muslim countries because of the belief that certain discriminatory practices have a basis in Islam [1] even though the ...
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Muslim women and men have been critical of restrictions placed on women regarding education, seclusion, veiling, polygyny, slavery, and concubinage. Modern Muslims have questioned these practices and advocated for reform. [1] There is an ongoing debate about the status of women in Islam.