Tag: Islam and women

A former Dutch MP and prominent critic of conservative Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has cancelled a speaking tour of Australia ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born women's advocate and leading critic of Islam, on Monday cancelled a tour of Australia and ...

By Samuel Ayobami Ogunlana From the film 'Hidden Figures' I learned a lot of lessons on gender parity as it ...

The Swedish government has defended its decision to have its officials wear headscarves during a trip to Iran, saying that ...

An eight-year-old has been forced to stay indoors all his life because he terrifies other children and suffers from horrific ...

Five people were killed after gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers, the mosque's president told ...

Asra Nomani is an immigrant, a Muslim and a life-long liberal. She is also, as she told CNN's Carol Costello ...

Five pictures that show how social media can be a minefield play videoBBC Arabic staff give their views on some ...

The National Organizer of Ghana Muslim Students Association(GMSA), Madam Kafaya Salami, has urged young Muslim women not to drop their ...

‘The glory of a woman only manifests when she is married’. These were the exact words of my mother some ...

A group of Sudanese women are engaged in a Facebook campaign to denounce regulations that penalise them for failing to ...

The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has accused the New York Times of painting an "unacceptable" picture of his country ...

Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in Corsica by other parents, local ...