Al Hijab is the biggest impediment in the way conveying Islam. This study will answer few questions about veiling and clear the picture once for all. Hijab is the term used by many Muslim women to describe their head cover that may or may not include covering their face except their eyes and sometimes also covering one eye.

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2. Islam tackled female infanticide
Since International Women's Day March 8 is being celebrated, we decided to take a closer look at the "Muslim women are oppressed " narrative we hear so often. But first some truths. However, there is more to Islam than that, and there is more to Islam than the way people and governments choose to apply it. Here's a look at the side of women's rights in Islam that is often overlooked:. Women in pre-Islamic Arabia were reportedly barred from basic human and civil rights. They were considered inferior to men, and therefore treated as property.
1. Islam gave women their basic rights centuries before the West did
Or do you want her corpse? That night, Jahanara gave up on her brutal marriage and left her home and four children. Since then, her husband has refused to let her see the children, though they live in the same city, Jaipur. He has paid no alimony. He has refused to give her the 15 grammes of gold promised as part of the mandatory payment that Muslim men must make to their wives if the marriage ends.
Originally published in May One of the biggest problems facing religion today is modern relevance. The beauty of Islam among religions is in its universality, its compatibility with science, and its versatile legal tradition which remains relevant across times and cultures. For the Muslim, the correct attitude is not to resist or reject modernity, rather embrace it with our divine law. This way of thinking alienates many educated, reasonable Muslims, because they have to live in reality and Islam seems to be at odds with it. So for us, it is not a matter of reform per se, rather that of revivalist research of scriptural interpretation.