Sailan Muslimah

Jamila Husain appointed Editor-in-Chief of Daily Mirror

 Senior journalist Jamila Husain has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Mirror , Sri Lanka’s premier English-language daily. She assumed office on June 1. Jamila has the distinction of being the youngest Editor-in-Chief of a daily national newspaper in Sri Lanka. She began her career in journalism in 2003 with Sunday Leader, then joined Daily Mirror in 2007. She left Daily Mirror in 2010 to be …

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International Women’s Day: The Islamic Perspective By Abubakar Sematimba

As the world celebrates 8th March as International Women’s day, we have to reflect on the position of Islam with regard to this matter. In Islam there is nothing like women’s day,all days belongs to women as they belong to men too. Before Allah we are equal regardless of our status or sex,Allah says in the (Quran 49:13)“People, We have …

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Senate Proceedings – Senator Fatima Payman’s First Speech

Senator Fatima Payman is a senator for Western Australia. She was an organiser for the United Workers Union in 2018 and was a program coordinator for Edmund Rice Education Australia. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 2005. Payman is the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in the Australian Parliament. The transcript of this …

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SUPPORT FOR FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN AT ALL TIME HIGH By Muslim Rights Observer

Despite the Islamophobic industry condemning female circumcision as a “patriarchal custom”, a recent report by the FPA ‘Towards Understanding Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka’ by Zainab Ibrahim and Ermiza Tegal has shown that it is Muslim Women who mostly support the practice. Moreover despite being labeled “outdated” the evidence shows that it is actually being perceived very positively and …

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