A Sinhala Speech by a Sister – Women in Islam

Are female converts to Islam part of a new wave of feminism? By Hasnet Lais

  You’d think after watching BBC Three’s Make me a Muslim documentary, being a female convert to Islam is so riddled with fault lines. Not really. My recent interviews with Muslim converts offered a rare glimpse into the lives of three...

Meet the woman behind the niqab: Fathima Farook By: Catherine Porter

An entrepreneur, teacher, mom and volunteer, Fathima Farook has had to put up with shameful taunts for nothing more than her choice of garb.   Fathima Farook has a pleasant round face and warm dark eyes. If you buy her pakoora or aloo masala...

Maryam Jameelah – Life, legacy and lessons by Dr. Callista B. Rakhmatov

    “In Islam, my quest for absolute values was satisfied. In Islam I found all that was true, good     and beautiful and that which gives meaning and direction to human life (and death)… My adherence to the...

American Girl Finds the Meaning of her Life in Islam By Reading Islam Staff

  Read   this interview with sister Alicia about her Journey to Islam; the self-destructive lifestyle she used to lead and the devastating ordeals she experienced and the happiness, satisfaction, and spiritual fulfillment that she enjoys...

The True Role Models For Our Sisters. Rumaysa Bint Milhan(r.a).

"We have never yet heard of a mahr that was more valuable and precious than that of Umm Sulaym for she made Islam her mahr."    Even before Islam was introduced to Yathrib, Rumaysa was known for her excellent character, the...

The Muslim Mother Teresa

  I hope I live to see the day where a humanitarian hero is referred to as the Christian Edna Adan. Who's Edna Adan? The short answer: she's a nurse-midwife, founder of a hospital bearing her name, who's saving and changing the lives...

An interesting response on Hijab by a Nobel Laureate

  AMAZING response by Yemeni Nobel Peace prize winner in 2011 Tawakkul Karman* when asked about her Hijab By Journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education, she replied: “Man in The early...

The Custom of Dowry in South Asia is Un-Islamic: Religious scholars By New Age Islam News Bureau

Religious scholars from different Islamic sects have unanimously announced that the custom of dowry in vogue in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh was un-Islamic. Speaking in a seminar held by the Social Reforms Society, Ahmaduddin Owaisi said that this system...

Hijab–A symbol of faith, freedom – by crescentandcross

Strangers walk up, point to her hijab – the headscarf some Muslim women wear – and tell her she’s in America now, has rights and can’t be forced to wear the covering. She thanks them. Then she tells them that she’s American-born,...