Muslim Woman
- India
Wrestling singlet under a burqa: The story of Tahera’s struggle
New Delhi: Odisha grappler Tahera Khatun was told to embrace the burqa and shun the wrestling singlet but she made the tough choice of upholding her “dharma” as well as pursue her…
- India
Muslim woman from Kerala has painted over 500 portraits of Lord Krishna
Kozhikode: A Muslim woman artist from Kozhikode district of Kerala has been painting portraits of Lord Krishna for the last six years. Jasana Saleem, who hails from Koyilandy town, has painted more…
- India
DCW seeks arrest of man who asked people to ‘use’ Muslim women
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the Delhi police to arrest a man who has been posting indecent and threatening messages against Muslim women on social…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Muslim woman donates liver to save her Hindu husband
Hyderabad: A Muslim woman has donated liver to her Hindu husband to save his life at Gleneagles Global Hospital in Hyderabad. Venkata Subba Reddy was suffering from progressive liver failure when his…
- World
France’s first female imam Kahina Bahloul wants to ‘modernize Islam’
The first female Imam (someone who leads Muslim worshippers in prayer) Kahina Bahloul of France, is on a mission to ‘modernise Islam’. Bahloul told the media that she didn’t just wake up…
- Hyderabad
Meet Afifa Maryam, first Muslim woman neurosurgeon in India
Hyderabad: Success comes to those who believe in hard work and perseverance. This proved true in the case of Maryam Afifa, who always aspired to be a doctor. She is all set…
- News
Hyd-born Hashmi, first Muslim woman, elected to Virginia Senate
Rasia Nayeem Hashmi Hyderabad/Virginia: It is a very proud moment for the Hyderabadis as well as all Indians, as the Democrat Ghazala Hashmi defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Richmond) in the…
- News
Court orders to tear down church built on Muslim woman’s land
Strasbourg, France: The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday told Bosnia it must tear down a Serbian Orthodox Church built on land seized from Muslims forced to flee their homes during the…
- India
This Muslim woman also recites Hanuman Chalisa
Meerut: Undeterred by the threats to Kolkata BJP MP Ishrat Jahan – a Lord Hanuman devotee and a petitioner in a triple talaq case, 42-year-old Shaheen Parvez, also a devotee of Lord…
- India
Triple Talaq bill tabled in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A bill banning Triple Talaq was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The bill, tabled by Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, will outlaw the practice of…
- News
Australia: Muslim woman’s hijab ripped off; video goes viral
Melbourne: A young Muslim Australian woman suffered cuts and bruises when she intervened to save a woman and her child being racially targeted on a train. Fahima Adan, 20, narrates that she…
