The Islamic concept of justice is based on the divinely-ordained right of human dignity: “We have honoured the children of Adam” (17.70). If honour, and dignity, is a common heritage of mankind, t
Razia Sultan, the fourth emperor of the Slave Dynasty, who reigned from 1236 to 1240, has the unique distinction of being the only woman to occupy the throne of Delhi. As a ruler, she refused to be ad
In the summer of 1927, Damascus witnessed several incidents of women being harassed and prevented from visiting public places as they were not wearing veils. One person who felt greatly disturbed by t
Much has been written about the tragedy of Karbala that wiped out almost all the male members of the family of the Holy Prophet (Ahle Bayt), and the undying fame of its hero Imam Husain. On the eve of
The lives of many Muslim women of the first and second Islamic centuries show that women can be far more erudite and scholarly than men. History books give detailed accounts of many women who did yeom
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