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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Female Muslim Brotherhood members (6 P) S. Female Sufi mystics (12 P) W. Women companions of the Prophet (2 C, 63 P) Pages in category "Female Islamic religious leaders"
List of the first women heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countries; List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government; Muslim women political leaders; Council of Women World Leaders; Women in government; Lists of women politicians; Society-related timelines
In contrast to many other cultures, a woman in Islam has always been entitled as per Sharia law to keep her family name and not take her husband's name. [198] Therefore, a Muslim woman has traditionally always been known by the name of her family as an indication of her individuality and her own legal identity: there is no historically ...
[29] Muhammad's wives play a prominent role in Islam and Muslim practices; "their reception of specific divine guidances, occasioned by their proximity to Muhammad, endows them with special dignity." [7] They form the basis for the status of women in Islam and are thus important for gender debates and study.
U. Umama bint Hamza; Umama bint Abi al-As; Umm al-Darda; Umm Ayman; Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham; Umm Haram; Umm Kulthum bint Ali; Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal