Redefining Muslim Women's Roles in the Next Century

Islam, Law and Custom: Redefining Muslim Women's Rights

Muslim Intellectuals and the Perennial Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

This paper will examine how Muslim intellectuals, as a result of their attachment to the doctrine of Divine Unity (taw¤hīd), the Quran, Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, and the doctrines and methods of Sufism, were largely responsible for the restating of the perennial philosophy in the West in the twentieth century. The article consists of four sections: an introduction to the term 'philosophia...

A double-edged sword: challenging women's oppression within Muslim society in northern Nigeria.

This paper reports the consequences experienced by Islam women attempting to reform gender relations among Muslim societies in northern Nigeria. The article also examines the problems encountered and its relation to the ideas, plans, and programs of gender and development (GAD) programs. In Muslim communities, few men or women disagree with the content of the GAD program aimed at addressing w...

7 to 15 Centuries (AH) Iranian Muslim Scholars’ System of Thought in Viewing Iqa’

Iqa’, one of the components of Islamic auditory arts, is a part of the writings of Muslim scholars. This study, with a cross-disciplinary approach, seeks to identify the thinking system of Iranian Muslim scholars from the seventh century AH to the contemporary period in looking at iqa’; it is based on a qualitative methodology with an interpretive paradigm and qualitative content analysis. The...

Why Muslim women in Northern Ghana do not use skilled maternal healthcare services at health facilities: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Muslim women are one sub-population in Ghana among whom the rate of skilled maternal health services accessibility and utilisation is very low. However, there are no studies in Ghana that explore the maternity needs and care experiences of Muslim women, and why they do not utilise maternal healthcare services at health facilities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the maternity...