Category: Women's Rights

Labor Pains

August 10, 2009 by THE POLITICUS

Labor Pains
By Alexandra Cawthorne, Melissa Alpert | August 3, 2009    Read more

Women’s Rights in Islam Part 3

March 4, 2009 by BT

Women’s Rights in Islam Part 3 - Equality of men and women in Islam
By Babar

There are a number of normative verses which give support the claim that the Quran favors equal status for both the genders:

“O! Mankind, be conscious of your Sustainer, who has created you out of one living entity, and out of it created its mate, and out of the two spread abroad a multitude of men and women (The Quran 4:1)."    Read more

Women’s Rights in Islam Part 2

February 25, 2009 by BT

Women’s Rights in Islam Part 2
By Babar

Misconception about the Shariah:

People generally believe that the Shariah, in its entirety, is the divine word of Allah and that it is immutable. Both of these are major misconceptions. It has to be understood that the Shariah did not come into being overnight as soon as the Quran’s revelation was complete. Instead it slowly evolved over a period of centuries. Hence it was never static.    Read more