An Introduction to Muslim Women’s Rights
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “The topic of Muslim women’s rights is vast; Muslim jurists have been writing about it for centuries. Because jurists are partly the product of their societies…
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Islam, Law, and Custom: Redefining Muslim Women’s Rights
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Muslim women’s rights have been the subject of a great deal of debate, most recently in Beijing and Huairou. While many secular feminists have criticized patriarchal…
Redefining Muslim Women’s Roles in the Next Century
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “The new millennium is blowing winds of change over the Muslim world. After centuries of relative seclusion, Muslim women have awakened to their critical role in…
Qur’anic Foundations of the Rights of Muslim Women in the Twenty-First Century
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “The crisis of modernity in Islamic societies, generally, and of Muslim women’s rights, specifically, has led some individuals to wonder whether Islam has become outdated. After…
Muslim Women’s Rights in the Global Village: Challenges and Opportunities
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “In this age of information technology that shrank our world into a global village, it is fair to ask how this recent development has impacted Muslim…
The Nature Of The Islamic Marriage
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. The nature of the Islamic marriage contract (kitab) has been largely misunderstood by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. On the Muslim side, the problem has been one…
Family Planning and Islamic Jurisprudence
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “To understand the fullness of the Islamic position on family planning, we need to look more carefully at the total picture. Its departure point, of course,…
Of Condemnation and Divinity: Praying for our Religious Freedom
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Recently, Reverend Franklin Graham frankly expressed his views on Islam on Fox and PBS. He said that Islam was an evil and violent religion, and that…
The Muslim Perspective On The Clergy – Penitent Privilege
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Before Jones confesses his crimes to Imam Ahmad, he should be clear on the duties and role of the imam of a mosque. The imam’s duties…