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Women are now elbowing their way into political and civil society, and universities. Despite present cultural and political obstacles, they are finding opportunities to rise and to bring their societies up with them.

Muslim women: Crafting a new identity

Islam anticipates the demands of Western feminists by more than 1,000 years.

10 July 2017 1:20 AM IST

Police investigate a deadly stabbing on a Metropolitan Area Express train in northeast Portland. (Photo: AP)

US man uses hate speech, hurls racial slurs at 2 'Muslim' women, kills...

Before the stabbing, the assailant on the train was ranting on many topics, using 'hate speech or biased language',...

27 May 2017 5:05 PM IST

For many well-educated women Muslim women, wearing a hijab offers a way for them to take control of their bodies and challenge the ways in which women are subjugated by patriarchal values.

Mystic Mantra: Nothing veiled about the hijab

For women who observe hijab, it is a path that helps in preserving their moral chastity and coming nearer to their...

15 March 2017 3:48 AM IST

Where there's a veil, there's a way

A major sports brand has introduced a sporting hijab, which can be worn by women while working out.

15 March 2017 1:18 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

Triple talaq must go: Government in Supreme Court

It submitted that the practice of polygamy is a social practice rather than a religious one and therefore would not be...

11 April 2017 1:37 AM IST

The PM was delivering the inaugural address for the 85th Sivagiri Pilgrimage Celebrations, at Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, Kerala via video conference. (Photo: AP)

Muslim women finally found way to free selves: Modi on triple talaq...

Calling for 'sabka saath, sabka vikas', Modi said the mantra for the New Year should be 'reform, perform, transform.'

31 Dec 2017 4:07 PM IST

Mr Sibal, supplemented by saying this (triple talaq) is something which is not permanent or immutable. (Representational image)

Triple talaq ban alone can't help us: Muslim women seek ban on...

'I welcome the move but men will now take advantage of law and indulge in polygamy openly,' says 33-yr-old Rizwana, a...

30 Dec 2017 9:31 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah leaves after the Winter Session of the Parliament in New Delhi. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

New era of hope for Muslim women: Amit Shah hails triple talaq bill...

He congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the entire BJP-led NDA government for the passage of the bill.

28 Dec 2017 9:20 PM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

UP wants to know stand of women on triple talaq

A two-day meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board scheduled here from April 15 will also be discussing the...

13 April 2017 2:18 AM IST

Muslim women have their hands tied while the guillotine of divorce dangles, perpetually ready to drop at the whims of their husbands who enjoy undisputed power. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

'Triple talaq' denies Muslim women their fundamental rights: Centre to...

These practices render Muslim women unequal as compared to men of their community as well as women belonging to other...

11 April 2017 1:07 PM IST

By K. Lalita and Deepa Dhanraj Orient BlackSwan, Rs 892.

Book serves to expose hypocrisy of Hindutva icons

The riots that caused the rupture and loss that the book's title refers to go all the way back to 1983.

16 Jun 2017 1:15 AM IST

A five-judge bench of the apex court further observed that it would not hear polygamy issue along with the triple talaq case. (Representational Image)

AIMPLB holds emergency meeting on Triple Talaq bill

According to draft draft bill, there is a provision of imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and fine...

24 Dec 2017 11:57 AM IST