Archive for the ‘Islam’ Category

Women in the Qur`an

Posted: May 30, 2010 by Ruwayda Mustafah in Islam, Women

Women in the Qur`an This is a brief response to a article written by Dallas M. Roark on “Women in the Qur`an”. You can read the original Article here. There are many Muslim women in Muslim countries with high professions and there are many Muslim women in Muslim countries without any education. For example statistics [...]

Wife beating in the Koran?

Posted: May 30, 2010 by Ruwayda Mustafah in Domestic Violence, Islam, Women

There is no definition of violence that is universally agreed on. In the context of domestic violence, it is commonly defined and understood as an act perpetuated with the intention, or perceived intention, of causing physical pain or injury to another person.1 From an ecological perspective – arguably intimate partner violence (IPV) stems from cultural [...]