Muslim women
- Hate Crime
Amarnath Yatra pilgrims chant ‘Har Har Mahadev’ at hijabi women
Jammu: As the fifteenth batch of pilgrims left Jammu for the twin bases of the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, some devotees were heard chanting religious slogans at women wearing a hijab…
- Opinions
Muslim women’s mosque access: Religion, rights and reform
The debate surrounding Muslim women’s entry into mosques is no longer confined to courtrooms or religious committees. It has become part of a larger conversation about faith, dignity and justice in contemporary…
- India
UP Police arrest 3 women for cooking beef at home in Kaushambi
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday, June 24, arrested three Muslim women after raiding a house in Kaushambi district on suspicion that they were cooking beef. The arrests took place in Panara…
- India
SP to bring bill seeking quota for OBC, Muslim women: Dharmendra Yadav
Budaun: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief whip and Azamgarh MP Dharmendra Yadav on Monday, April 20, said his party will introduce a private member’s bill in Parliament demanding separate reservation for OBC and…
- India
Rajasthan: Ex-BJP MP refuses to give minority women blankets, triggers uproar
Tonk: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, refrained from giving blankets to Muslim women, saying those who insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not…
- India
Muslim women can reclaim wedding gifts, property post divorce: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court observed that a Muslim woman under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, is entitled to reclaim money and gold, among other gifts from…
- World
Angry women confront man over hijab insult in Moscow metro station
Two Muslim women stood up to a man who mocked their hijab in a metro station in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Visibly angry, they confronted and charged at the man. The…
- India
Kashmiri women face online Islamophobic abuse post Pahalgam attack
Kashmiri Muslim women have now under a surge of Islamophobic and sexual comments online by right-wing handlers on social media platforms post the deadly Pahalgam terror attacks that killed 26 people. The…
- World
Canadian attempts to set fire on hijab-wearing woman, arrested
A 25-year-old female attacked a Muslim woman and attempted to set the latter’s hijab on fire in a public library located near the Canadian city of Toronto. Fortunately, no serious injuries took…
- Hyderabad
Abaya-clad woman breaks barriers as construction worker
Hyderabad: Breaking all social barriers, a 40-year-old abaya-clad woman from Errakunta in the far southern side of Hyderabad city is now working as a construction worker. Parveen Begum, a resident of Noorinagar…
- India
Video: Right-wing group harasses women at fair in UP, sparks outrage
In a disturbing incident, a group of young Muslim women was targeted by right-wing Hindutva men at a fair in Uttar Pradesh’s Milikhan Jahanpur village of Firozabad city. The incident came to…
- India
Waqf Amendment Bill: Women to be included as board members
New Delhi: The Muslim women have been empowered further by the Central government as they have been also included as members of the Waqf boards. Some of the key provisions of the…
- India
Journo Rana Ayyub’s number leaked; harassed via texts, calls
A prominent Indian journalist and author, Rana Ayyub has become a target of vicious harassment after her phone number was leaked on X by a right-wing account known as “Hindutva Knight”. This…
- India
Minority charity gives food to all after hijab-clad woman denied service over slogan
A local Muslim charity has come forward in the wake of a discriminatory incident where a Muslim woman was refused food for not chanting “Jai Shri Ram” outside Tata Hospital in Mumbai. This…
- India
Waqf amendments will ensure equal representation for Muslim women: Irani
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani said on Thursday that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will ensure equal representation for Muslim women on the Waqf Board. The Bill, which…
