Muslim women reject cleric`s advice to stay away from politics

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 14:49

Muslim women have reacted angrily to a leading Muslim cleric`s advice to keep away from politics and concentrate on home and family, saying this could be his personal view and there is no such stipulation in Islam.

In US, Muslim women challenge mosque gender separation

Last Updated: Monday, March 8, 2010, 21:18

A group of Muslim women have risked arrest as they sought to pray in the main area of the Islamic Centre of Washington -- an area ordinarily reserved exclusively for men.

In US, Muslim women challenge mosque gender separation

Last Updated: Monday, March 8, 2010, 13:33

A group of Muslim women have risked arrest as they sought to pray in the main area of the Islamic Centre of Washington -- an area ordinarily reserved exclusively for men.

Muslim women can be photographed without burqa: Cleric

Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2010, 15:04

In the midst of a controversy over photographing of burqa-clad Muslim women for voter cards, a leading Shia cleric on Monday said they can be snapped without the veil as Islamic law permitted it under special circumstances.

Malaysian court overturns ban on Islam book

Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2010, 19:52

A Malaysian court on Monday overturned a government ban on a book about Islam, in a decision hailed as a landmark for freedom of speech.

Muslim groups support SC observation on burqa

Last Updated: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 16:02

A number of Muslim groups on Saturday backed the Supreme Court`s rejection of the argument that women cannot be asked to lift face-covering veils for voter ID photographs.

Don’t vote if can’t shed <i>burqa</i>, SC tells Muslim women

Last Updated: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 12:41

In a statement of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court has said electoral rolls with photographs cannot be opposed on the grounds that they hurt religious sentiments. "You cannot say I will still be a burqua-clad," a Bench comprising Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma said while hearing a petition which contended that publishing photographs of Muslim Gosha women was opposed to their religious belief.

Frame rural employment schemes to benefit Muslim women

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 21:35

A state-level consultation of Muslim organisations has urged the Government to frame rural employment schemes that would benefit Muslim women also work from their home.

Muslim women entitled to maintenance even after `iddat`: SC

Last Updated: Friday, December 4, 2009, 21:38

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has held that a divorced Muslim woman who has not remarried is entitled to maintenance from her ex-husband even after the "iddat" (three months) period.

`Halal` cosmetics for Muslim women

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2009, 09:27

For Muslim women who feel they are violating Islam’s teachings by using skin creams with alcohol and pig residues, Layla Mandi has the answer: religiously-correct “halal” cosmetics.