In October this year, Khan had taken to social media to announce her exit from films and entertainment, citing religious reasons.

A PIL seeking entry of women in mosques was filed in the Supreme Court by Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade who put forth that denying women’s entry in mosques is a violation of the fundamental rights.

Pakistani actress Saba Qamar has become the latest female celebrity to fall prey to online trolls for smoking and wearing “revealing clothes” during a photoshoot. What happened? The ‘Hindi Medium’ actress received a lot of hate online after some behind-the-scene images from her photoshoot, where she can be seen smoking, got leaked online, reported HT. Saba was getting […]

Seven groups of women from Uttar Pradesh, comprising four women each, have applied to go for the Haj without a male guardian. A new policy allows women aged 45 and above to go for a pilgrimage without Mehram in a group of four. “We got to know about the new scheme. There were three other […]

Ladakh region’s apex religious body has threatened communal unrest unless a Buddhist woman, who married a Muslim man, is “brought back”.  The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) wrote to Kashmir’s Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on the issue. They have asked Mufti to annul the marriage between Shifah, formerly Stanzin Saldon, and her husband Murtaza Aga (32), […]

Sinta Nuriyah, wife of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, has expressed her desire for a tolerant and feminist Islam. In an interview, she said, “We live among different religions, ethnicity and cultures. It’s necessary that we stand up to extremists.” Read on to know 10 interesting facts about this feminist Muslim woman: 1. She was […]

Since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has started governing Turkey, several reforms are being made regarding the Islamic headscarf. His government is now aiming to lift the ban on female army officers wearing the Islamic headscarf. Belonging to the Justice and Development party, Erdoğan has always been stressing the importance of removing restrictions on women. Being an Islamic government, […]

Meet Jamila Afghani, who has been relentlessly working on gender sensitisation in Afghanistan. So much that, more than 6,000 Imams in Afghanistan have participated in her training program.