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World Hijab Day: Our Best Articles on Hijab and Muslim Women
From children’s books on hijab to traveling while wearing the hijab to the unfortunate discrimination that many Muslim women face in the workplace – here are 10 of our most important articles on hijab. From children’s books on hijab to traveling while wearing the hijab to the unfortunate discrimination that many Muslim women face in the workplace – here are 10 of our most important articles on hijab.
Anti-Islam Leader Geert Wilders Wins Party Election in the Netherlands
After his surprising victory in the Dutch legislative elections last Wednesday, the far-right anti-Islam leader and defender of “Nexit” will try to build a coalition to access the position of Prime Minister. Geert Wilders’ extravagant haircut isn’t the only trait he has in common with Donald Trump. As with the former American president, almost no one expected the surprise victory of the Party for Freedom (PVV) leader in the Netherlands’ legislative elections.
A Death In The Family
Inspired by the lectures of Hazrat Allamah Rasheed Turabi (RA) on the topic of Adab Aur Madhab The most pivotal topic in Islam that acts as a cornerstone of guidance is the topic of death. The idea of death is deeply rooted in its obscurity and mysterious nature, hence forcing human beings to withdraw themselves from the discussion of death.
Is Brain Fog in Perimenopause Real? Everything You Need To Know As A Middle-Aged Woman
“Why did I come into this room?” “Where are the car keys? I was just holding them.” “Why have I opened the refrigerator door?” Is this you? If you are a Muslimah in your late 30s and beyond, and wondering “What’s wrong with me?”, know that you are not alone. Many sisters who have been blessed with crystal clear memory start noticing that they forget appointments, lose their train of thought when speaking, and struggle to find the right word.
The Age of Filters: What Has Our Society Come To?
I was lying on the couch minding my own business one day when my niece showed me a new “trick” on her phone that left us both giggling for the rest of the evening. That was a few years ago when Snapchat became a thing and most people used it for those ever-so-changing and crazy “filters”.
Paris 2024 Olympics: French Athletes Banned From Wearing Hijab
As Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2024, France has decided to ban the wearing of Islamic veils for its athletes during the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French Sports Minister Am√©lie Oud√©a-Cast√©ra¬†explained on 24 September in the French television programme “Dimanche en politique” the government’s attachment “to a regime of strict secularism”, strictly applied in the field of sport. What does it mean?
How a Medieval Islamic Caliphate Designed the Medical Licensing System We Use Today
As a doctor, I am grateful for much of the medical knowledge that developed during the Islamic Golden Age. However, Muslim rulers of that period also left us with another important legacy – the establishment of the medical licensing system.
The Islamic Duty to Rise Above Western Expectations in a Post-9/11 World
After 9/11, there followed a war in which numerous Western countries were involved to further destabilise the Muslim world, and no, it wasn’t only in Iraq. 9/11 was a defining event in the modern history of the globalised world as it provoked an unprecedented campaign of Islamophobia, the “War on Terror”, due to the perpetrators of the attack being Muslim.
The Negative Western View of Muslim Women
The negative conditions of the Muslim world today are due to many different factors, none of which have anything to do with Islam as a religion and a way of life. However, a lot of people, especially in the West, still fail to see that.
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