Tufts students were given the opportunity to learn Wednesday about women's role in Muslim history and the impact that they have had in Jihads over the past 1,300 years. Muslim women have been ...

Sheherazade, a character of Middle Eastern mythology, saved the lives of other women by telling stories to distract a malicious ruler. The title of the contemporary art exhibit by Muslim women, ...

The second session of the “The Islamic World Today: Issues and Perspectives” conference featured two female speakers, both members of the Islamic community, on Monday. Each of them has studied and ...

A chapter in the Koran, Islam's sacred book, is dedicated to the role that Christians play in the Muslim religion. Today: "Make it Plain," a film and discussion on Malcom X, will be shown at 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Rutgers professor and anthropologist Donna Auston held a talk titled “If It Wasn’t For the Women: The Activist Legacies of Louise Little, Ella Collins and Betty Shabazz,” which ...

As a Muslim woman, I am empowered by my religious identity. But for many women, religion holds them back. As long as Muslim women suffer social and cultural marginalization, political exclusion, ...

For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia. In local pagan society, it was ...

Not a single seat was empty at The Forum at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design on Sunday afternoon where 10 Muslim women on a panel were preparing to answer questions about their faith. People ...

This story is part of a series by The Associated Press, Religion News Service and The Conversation on women’s roles in male-led religions. CAIRO (AP/RNS) — Shortly after Kholoud al-Faqeeh was ...

For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia. In local pagan society, it was ...

Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women, by Phyllis Chesler (New English Review Press, 462 pp., $29.99) Phyllis Chesler’s crucial early encounter with the reality of Muslim ...