Sailan Muslimah

London, UK – The largest Muslim Women’s Conference in Europe took place on Sunday 23rd June 2013 in London, UK. “Seeds of Change”, organised by the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA). Giving some of the most influential Muslim women in the UK an unprecedented platform, this dynamic one-day conference – created by women for women – inspired, educated and energised …

The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The ‘hijaab’ or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated ‘hijaab’, let us first study the status of women in societies before the advent …

  Women have led Muslim congregations in China for generations, but their tradition’s success may be its own undoing   Imam Guo Dong Ping, center, prays at a mosque in the village of Sangpo, Henan province. The women of Sangpo know well they are the guardians of a 300-year-old custom that sets them apart in Islam and they are increasingly …

The scholarship offers Rawan Yaghi a life-changing opportunity Rawan Yaghi is a bookish 19 year old who, appropriately for a student of literature, arrives to meet me in Gaza with a text tucked under her arm. It is a well-thumbed copy of Catch 22, Joseph Heller's classic satirical novel on the absurdities of war; not an inappropriate choice for somebody …