…time, KARAMAH has planned efforts to raise awareness about women’s rights and Islam among the diplomatic and civil society communities at the United Nations. During Thursday’s event, KARAMAH and Women…
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…women do not require as much space because they menstruate and perhaps would not attend the mosque during this time (though this belief varies in fiqh). Ms. Eskandari explained women’s…
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…principles of both Shari’ah and American Legal Code. The judges were part of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, and were all visiting America for the first time….
…of a broad-based committee of prominent Americans who have come together to develop and advance positive proposals to protect civil liberties in a time of crisis. This report of the…
…it one verse or passage at a time. This essay will argue that there is a unified worldview that permeates the Qur’an, and that makes it a seamless web of…
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…imam. In such cases, when a more knowledgeable person visits the mosque, the Muslims present at that time, including the imam, may choose that visitor to lead the prayers.” Download…
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…and the judiciary. It is now the twenty first century and it is time to settle this question once and for all and empower Muslim women worldwide to exercise their…
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…complied with the Pakistan Muslim Family Laws Ordinance. After three days, the marriage was registered. At the time of the marriage the husband was twenty-nine and the wife was eighteen….
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By: Asifa Quraishi-Landes “I remember as a child having to describe Pakistan as that small country next to India. I haven’t used that description in a long time. By now,…
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