Tag: Muslim Women

Extremists assaulted Muslim woman; hijab stripped of in broad daylight in Bengaluru and Muzaffarnagar

Two shocking incidents of moral policing and harassment involving members of the Muslim community emerged this week. In Muzaffarnagar, a Muslim woman was assaulted and forcibly stripped of her hijab, while in Bengaluru, a young woman was harassed for being in an interfaith relationship with a Hindu man. Both incidents, captured on video, highlight a disturbing rise in intolerance and moral policing, particularly targeting interfaith relationships

Muslim Women’s Quest for Gender-Just Laws

Muslim women are in favour of gender-just laws, but Muslim women’s groups recognise that the women have to contest both the Muslim Personal Law and the politics around the demonisation of everything that is Muslim.

Muslim women heckled, abused for being seen with Hindu men

One incident from Maharashtra and two from Uttar Pradesh were reported

Women & Men too, must arise now and #Embrace Equity!

On February 13, a mother and her daughter were...

Paving a path for a more tolerant India, Muslim woman is seen offering Namaz in a Gurudwara

This showcase of religious harmony was reported from a Gurudwara in Indore

Author Sara Aboobacker, who championed cause of Muslim women, passes away

Born in Kasargod in Kerala on June 30, 1936, Sara Aboobacker has written at length on the dilemma in the lives of Muslim women of the Beary community, living in the coastal districts bordering Karnataka and Kerala

No hope for Rape Survivors: Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013

In February 2017, on the eve of the Uttar...

Hate Buster! Muslim women did not break protocol by remaining seated during Vande Mataram

Images and videos of Muslim women at a Municipal meeting in Muzaffarnagar went viral after they refused to stand up when their colleagues sang Vande Mataram

Great Bigots Think Alike: Indian Muslima to the Establishment

A poem about the place and perception of Indian Muslim women

Hate Watch: Kerala cleric targets Muslim schoolgirl for accepting award, gets schooled by Governor

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has questioned the state’s silence on the matter

Khambat: Muslim women take to the streets to protest continued oppression of the community

Muslim women have been leading the way via peaceful protests, first in Shaheen Bagh and most recently in Khargone

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