Tag: Women’s Rights

Podcast – Inspiring Inclusion

Gems of Encouragement From Our Spiritual Leader

Rabia Salim, Ash, Surrey On Friday 6th August 2021, the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was upon us once again after a two year COVID 19 hiatus.  Day 2 as per tradition brought ladies the joy of the address of their Khalifa, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may God be his Helper) in the ladies marquee. From the first word, as the … Read More Gems of Encouragement From Our Spiritual Leader

Celebrating the Right to Drive – a Novel or Forgotten Right?

  Ayesha Malik, Surrey On June 24th this year, women in Saudi Arabia took to the steering wheel for the first time, after being banned from driving for decades. The reforms introduced by Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman are considered to be sweeping, granting Saudi women the right to drive without a legal guardian. The measures allowing driving licenses to be issued to women … Read More Celebrating the Right to Drive – a Novel or Forgotten Right?

Women of Early Islam: Pioneers of Female Excellence

Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park ‘Deeds Not Words’. This is the slogan that the Suffragette Campaign championed when fighting for the simple right for women to vote in Britain. Indeed, it is certainly true that in cases such as the search for basic rights, actions speak much louder than words, and certainly the actions of many Muslim women down the ages stand as true testimony to … Read More Women of Early Islam: Pioneers of Female Excellence

Women And Islam

Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park, UK When the International Women’s March took place on 21st January 2017 with an estimated 4.8 million participants, it made some wonder what the current status of women and feminism in the modern world is. In the case of Islam many are quick to dismiss it as a backward religion which unjustly imposes the veil upon its women, allows child … Read More Women And Islam