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A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. [1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars. [ 2 ] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa , spanning over two decades and containing a repository of ...
U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi)
advocate for women's rights [83] Irshad Manji: Canada: 1968 – [84] Farideh Mashini: Iran: 2012: women's rights activist [85] Fatema Mernissi: Morocco: 1940: 2015 [86] Ziba Mir-Hosseini: Iran: 1952 – academic of Islamic law and gender [87] [88] Fakhrossadat Mohtashamipour: Iran – reformist activist, head of women's affairs at the Ministry ...
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
Yasmine Mohammed (Arabic: يَاسَمِين مُحَمَّد, romanized: Yāsamīn Muḥammad) is a Canadian university instructor, human rights activist and author.. Mohammed escaped from a forced, abusive marriage to Al-Qaeda operative Essam Marzouk [1] and became an advocate for freethinkers from Muslim communities through her non-profit organization Free Hearts Free
Set in 2010, the book also tackles the theme of life as a Muslim in the post-9/11 era. [26] Bird Summons: Published in 2019, Bird Summons is a story of three Muslim women who travel to the Scottish Highlands to visit the grave of Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British woman to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. [27]
Modern specialists in Islam, Islamic history and culture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Scholars of Islam . It includes scholars that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
A. Ihsan Abdel Quddous; Randa Abdel-Fattah; Achmed Abdullah; Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; Abu al-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn ʻAli al-Dimashqi; Abu al-Khattab; Mirza Adeeb