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Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE or WISE Muslim Women) is a global organization dedicated to promoting women's rights, and social justice which is led by Muslim women. WISE takes the stance that patriarchal culture, not Islam , takes away women's rights and helps Muslims feel that they do not have to choose between ...
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; [149] Bahrain, where the ratio of women to men in tertiary education is 2.18:1; [149] Brunei Darussalam, where 33% of women enroll at university vis à vis 18% of men; [149] Tunisia ...
The first female Muslim 'ulema congress was held in Indonesia in 2017. [67] The women ulema congress issued a fatwa to lift the minimum age for girls to marry to 18. [67] Malaysian feminist Zainah Anwar informed the congress that women have an equal right to define Islam and that women need to fight against male domination in Quranic ...
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
She is the founder of MuslimGirl.com, a blog for Muslim women. [1] In 2016, she was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media for her work with MuslimGirl. [2] She was named one of the 25 most influential Muslim Americans by CNN. [3] She unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th Congressional ...
The collective is actively exploring projects featuring strong female protagonists, narratives centered around social justice and stories that portray Muslim characters in positive and empowering ...
The goals of sister-hood are to promote known and unknown women of Muslim heritage working for human rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, peace and social justice And to highlight women from history and today who have fought for personal rights and bodily integrity, who extended solidarity to women and other downtrodden people, and who improved their societies as scholars, artists ...
The Quran requires Muslim men and women to dress modestly. [21] The law of the hijab states that the whole female body aside from the face and hands should be covered when a woman leaves her home [22] [23] as a sign of modesty, obedience to God and respect for Islamic values.