Women in Society

As a Muslim woman I experience the full benefits given to me by God as a member of the human race. I am responsible only to God for how I live my life, and how well I fulfill my duties to Him. The most important right which I enjoy by benefit of bein...

As a Muslim woman I experience the full benefits g...

Twelve years had passed since Jodi had chosen to become Muslim. The healing had taken years, but I found myself okay with Jodi as Muslim. There are still twinges of regret at times when I see that choice blocking some things we could do together eith...

Twelve years had passed since Jodi had chosen to b...

Many Muslims try to avoid places or media that feature scantily clad persons or actions that are considered offensive. Even family swimming pools may be off limits. The woman may be dressing hijab and covering her hair by way of normal practice when ...

Many Muslims try to avoid places or media that fea...

Islam addresses all aspects of life including personal morality, politics, and commerce; Islam is a way of life. Very important is the concept of ummah, the community in which God's will is attainable only through a society built around Islamic princ...

Islam addresses all aspects of life including pers...

I thought the ache and hurt of that Thanksgiving weekend encounter would never pass, but we were all determined to work it through. The next time Jodi came to visit, we spent time sewing together. That was something we had loved to do from the time s...

I thought the ache and hurt of that Thanksgiving w...

Although families may have reacted with shock and grief at first, they were willing to work through their relationship with their daughter. Their willingness to work on the relationship was often motivated by other circumstances such as the birth of ...

Although families may have reacted with shock and ...

Jodi and I sat in the family room that evening on Thanksgiving Day, just the two of us. At last I knew I had to listen. I wanted to be sure I could go over at a later time what she would say to me-this was important! I knew I was too emotionally dist...

Jodi and I sat in the family room that evening on ...

Some of the young women met Muslims in this country who influenced them by their daily living and practice. They sensed in the Muslims personal strength that seemed to come from their beliefs. Sometimes the Muslims' witness was verbal as they respond...

Some of the young women met Muslims in this countr...

Some of the women actually visited Muslim countries and were profoundly affected by the people and their practice of Islam. They observed the lifestyles and the norms as lived out in an Islamic-based culture. When I was eighteen I married my boyfrien...

Some of the women actually visited Muslim countrie...

Of the respondents to the questionnaire, 63 percent were married to Muslims before their conversions. Their attitudes toward Islam at the time of marriage ranged from fear of Islam to having already investigated Islam on their own. Twenty-three perce...

Of the respondents to the questionnaire, 63 percen...

We were with Jodi for two days one summer attending a friend's wedding. She and Reza had been married or two years and were studying at the University of Arkansas, about an eight-hour drive from our home. She seemed so different, yet I liked her matu...

We were with Jodi for two days one summer attendin...

For many of the women, religion was at the heart of their faith journey in their growing-up years. They were active participants in the church as teachers, pianists, soloists, and worshippers and felt deeply devoted to God and the religious aspect of...

For many of the women, religion was at the heart o...

Disillusionment, confusion, unanswered questions-these describe the early religious experience of many of the women. However, in spite of frustration, their stories show their devotion, of being in the "search mode" and looking for stability in their...

Disillusionment, confusion, unanswered questions-t...

Women: Qur’anic examples of outstanding human beingsThere have been many discussions about the Islamic view of women and I have spoken in this regard on many occasions. I have repeatedly said that in the Holy Qur’an women have been mentioned as examp...

Women: Qur’anic examples of outstanding human bein...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali KhameneiWomen in Islam and Islamic Civilization The capacity and capability of women for achieving high spiritual positionsIn such a world the Holy Prophet (PBUH) raised a daughter who improved so much that the Messenger of ...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali KhameneiWomen in Islam a...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Promoting decadence among women They used to force women to use their physical appeal and attraction in order to create a false character for themselves. This was decadence for women, not improvement or progress. Is...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Promoting decad...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Luring women towards luxury and consumerismThere are certain kinds of oppression that have been imposed on women and they are recognized as oppression. There are also certain kinds of oppression that are not recogni...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Luring women to...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei The need for cheap labor: a factor behind "women's freedom"Since the day Europeans introduced the new industries - in the early years of the 19th century when western capitalists established the big factories - and ...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei The need for ch...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Violation of women's rights in the history of Europe Of course, in the history of Europe there were women who could become queen. There were women who were among the nobility. But the issue of women is not limited t...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Violation of wo...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Chapter 1: Importance of Issue of Women The Issue of women: one of the most fundamental issues in any society The issue of women - which should be referred to as "the crisis of Women" in the modern world - is one of...

By : Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Chapter 1: Impo...

Indian Muslim women shout slogans during a protest rally in Bangalore on January 18, 2013.Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:49AM GMT Hundreds of women have held a demonstration in the southern Indian city of Bangalore to protest against the recent killing of Shia ...

Indian Muslim women shout slogans during a protest...