Muslim Women

More Muslim women than men in higher education, shows AISHE data

Total estimated enrolment across categories rose 7.4% in 2021 with growing share of women, AISHE data shows

Top UN woman urges Muslim nations to move Taliban back to 21st century

The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations said Wednesday she used everything in her toolbox during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls, and she urged Muslim countries to help the Taliban move from the 13th century to the 21st. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Cabinet minister and a Muslim, said at a news conference that four Taliban ministers, including the foreign minister and a deputy prime minister, spoke off one script during meetings with her delegation last week. She said the officials sought to stress things that they say they have done and not gotten recognition for and what they called their effort to create an environment that protects women. Their definition of protection would be, I would say, ours of oppression, Mohammed said. Those meetings in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and the Islamic group's birthplace in Kandahar were followed by a visit this week by U.N. humanitarian chief Mar

Protests in Iran rage on the streets as officials renew crackdowns

Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country's southeast, even as the nation's intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world. The protests in Iran, sparked by the September 16 death of a 22-year-old woman after her detention by the country's morality police, have grown into one of the largest sustained challenges to the nation's theocracy since the chaotic months after its 1979 Islamic Revolution. At least 328 people have been killed and 14,825 others arrested in the unrest, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that's been monitoring the protests over their 54 days. Iran's government for weeks has remained silent on casualty figures while state media counterfactually claims security forces have killed no one. As demonstrators now return to the streets to mark 40th-day remembrances for those slain earlier commemorations common in Iran and the wider .

Muslim man cannot force first wife to live with him: Allahabad HC

Allahabad HC has observed that a Muslim man, who marries for the second time against the wishes of his first wife, cannot seek a decree from any civil court to compel the first wife to live with him

Muslim women get half the job call-backs Hindus do, amid hiring bias: Study

Even in terms of mode of contact, recruiters reached out to a Hindu woman more personally than to a Muslim, shows research

Hijab not an essential practice of Islam, rules Karnataka High Court

Bench upholds ban on headscarf in classrooms; plea in SC against HC verdict

'Right to hijab protected by Constitution': Plea in SC against HC order

The plea contended that the high court failed to note that the Karnataka Education Act, 1983, and the Rules made thereunder, do not provide for any mandatory uniform to be worn by students

Hijab essential part of Islam: Scholars disagree with Karnataka HC order

Professor Wasey said, 'If there is a clear instruction for something in the Quran-e-Karim, then it is an essential part of Islam.'

Onus of maintaining peace lies on Bommai govt: Congress after hijab verdict

Karnakata Congress president DK Shivakumar said his greatest concern in the hijab controversy is education, and law and order

Udupi girls say no college without hijab, will fight the ban legally

'The constitution itself provides us (our rights) to follow my religion and whatever I can wear,' the girl said

Karnataka High Court likely to deliver its verdict on Hijab case tomorrow

The case seeking permission to allow Muslim girls to attend classes in schools and pre-university colleges where there is a prescribed school uniform had led to tension on the campuses

Bulli Bai app case: Accused Vishal Jha denied bail by sessions court

The Bulli Bai app had made public the details of several Muslim women in a bid to malign them, allowing users to participate in their 'auction'

Hijab row: HC seeks details on CFI's role from Karnataka government

On January one, six girl students of a college in Udupi attended a press conference held by the CFI in the coastal town protesting against the college authorities

Dynasts ignored problems of Muslim women because of vote bank politics: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at rivals, saying they only bothered about "vote bank" politics and did not pay attention to the problems of Muslim women

An Egyptian statue, the hijab debate, and a case for women in public space

Studies show that tribals, Muslims and Dalits have the highest proportion of poor. Equipping women in these communities to be employed is a societal good and an economic imperative, writes T N Ninan

Hijab row: HC directs Karnataka govt not to violate interim order

The bench asked the advocate to give a written submission on the matter and directed the government to see to it that interim orders are not violated

Karnataka: English lecturer quits job over alleged bar on her hijab

In her resignation letter Chandini has said that she is resigning as she was asked to remove her hijab which she has been wearing for three years in the college

Hijab row: Allow Muslim students to wear hijab on Fridays K'taka HC urged

At least on Fridays, and ensuing holy month of Ramzan, beginning in March, let the students be allowed to come wearing hijab, said advocate Vinod Kulakarni, appearing for the students

'Why not turban, bindi, cross': Hijab arguments play out in Karnataka HC

No other religious symbol is considered in the Government Order, why only hijab? Discrimination against Muslim girls is purely based on their religion said senior advocate Ravivarma Kumar

Hijab row: Karnataka suspends classes for pre-university students

Earlier, the schools had geared up for re-opening from February 14