WOMEN OF THE WEST Vs WOMEN OF ISLAM
First of all we need to establish when the issues of human rights was raised in the western society that we live in i.e. Britain. Britain which is considered to be the oldest democratic country, only...
First of all we need to establish when the issues of human rights was raised in the western society that we live in i.e. Britain. Britain which is considered to be the oldest democratic country, only...
Criticizing the attitudes of such parents who reject their female children, the Qur'an states: When news is brought to one of them, of (the Birth of) a female (child), his face darkens and he is filled...
The status of women in the Muslim society is neither a new issue nor a fully settled one. The position of Islam on this issue has been among the subjects presented to the Western reader with the least...
In 1950 she was the head of the Missionaries of Charity and this religious group took children from the slums and started to teach them. An important part of their work was to help the dying. In 1957...
Curie started classes at the Sorbonne in November 1891. In less than two years she earned a degree in physics, a kind of science. In 1894 she also earned a degree in mathematics. That same year, she met...
Parvin E'tesami was born in 1907 in Tabriz, Iran. Her formative years were spent in Tehran where her family had moved and where she lived an extraordinarily simple and tranquil life close to her father,...
The English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was the founder of modern nursing and made outstanding contributions to knowledge of public health. Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy,...
Once, when Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (A.S) fell sick, the Holy Prophet (S) suggested that Imam Ali (A.S) make a vow (Nazr) to fast for three days when the children recovered. When they were better,...
When Hazrat Khadija (SA) became interested in Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he was 25-years-old and already quite well-known for his integrity and honesty besides his outstanding quality as an exceptionally...
Sara bore Ibrahim no children, and Prophet Ibrahim (a.s) decided to marry Hajar – by the suggestion of Sara – after Sara proved to be infertile. After a while, Hajar gave birth to a blessed child,...
Yokheved was an offspring of Prophet Jacob (Israel). Her ancestors had been inhabitants of Egypt from the time of Prophet Joseph and comprised a considerable population in that country. Yokheved had...
Her belief in God was so strong that made her an everlasting symbol throughout the centuries: “And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh.” Asiya, the Queen of Egypt,...