This is a new, fully-revised edition of Huda Khattab’s discussion of important women’s issues in Islam. It examines several controversial topics such as domestic violence, female genital mutilation and the failure to educate women and girls, and points out the divergence between Islamic teaching and actual culturally-influenced practice. In this 3rd edition of Bent Rib, important information has been updated and new and interesting developments in these areas are discussed with regard to their impact on Muslim women and their society.

This book, richly illustrated with maps and photographs, recounts Asma’u’s upbringing and critical junctures in her life, from several perspectives: her own first-hand experiences presented in her writings; the accounts of contemporaries who witnessed her endeavours; and the memoirs of European travellers. The authors have drawn on a variety of primary sources, mostly unpublished, as well as modern scholarship. For the account of her legacy, her present influence, and how her example is being sustained and adapted, they have depended on extensive field studies in Nigeria, and documents pertaining to the efforts of women in Nigeria and the USA to develop a collective voice and establish their rights as women and Muslims in today’s societies.

Nana Asma’u (1793–1864) was a prolific Muslim scholar, poet, historian, and educator. Daughters are still named after her; her poems, read and recited privately and in public, still move people profoundly; the memory of her remains a vital source of inspiration and hope. She was a devout, learned Muslim, courageous, independent-minded, and able to observe, record, interpret and influence the major public events that happened around her. Her example as an educator is still followed: the system she set up in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, for the education of rural women, has not only survived in its homeland – through the traumas of the colonization of West Africa and the establishment of the modern state of Nigeria – but is also being revived and adapted elsewhere, notably among Muslim women in the USA.

We are all looking for an escape from worry, stress and depression, and for ways to find happiness. This book presents the route to happiness in a nutshell, drawing on Islamic teachings and the voices of "experts" both western and eastern. So sit back, relax and read from cover to cover, or dip into it a page or two at a time in between a busy life as a wife, mother, student or worker. You are now looking at a treasure chest of reminders that will help you learn important lessons and set you on the path to happiness in this world and in the Hereafter insha’Allah.

In our world of chaos and confusion concerning the unending problems of sexual abuses and perversion, most of mankind has all but given up hope on how to come to terms with this intractable of all problems. If we don't come up with a solution to face this dilemma, the disaster that accompanies these crimes will be upon us as a whole. We will pay, our children will pay, and our children's children will pay. This is certain. Thankfully, we have the Divine guidance on how to avoid these problems from the beginning by following the laws set out for us by the One Who knows His creation. Darussalam presents this booklet as a solution to one of the most difficult problems of our time.

This is a practical manual dealing with all aspects of a woman's daily life. The author deals with such delicate subjects as personal hygiene, menstruation, hijab, marriage, divorce, as well as the woman's role in the family and in the community. This book is of immense value to Muslim women and teenage girls, especially those discovering or re-discovering the relevance of Islam in their lives.

Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil (Challenging Historical & Modern Stereotypes) This detailed and significant study is a powerful critique of the popular western notion that the veil is a symbol of Muslim women's oppression. In postulating a positive theory of the hijab; the author challenges with great sophistication both the commonly held view of Muslim women being utterly subjugated by men, as well as the more complex arguments put forward by liberal feminists such Mernissi, Macleod and others who have sought to criticize the choice of women to cover themselves as ultimately un-liberating. Examining and questioning the validity and accuracy of some of the feminists' assumptions, the author puts forward the case that the judgment of the veil as being an oppressive feature of Islam is based on liberal understandings of “equality” and “liberty” which preclude other ways of thinking about these issues that offer a positive approach for contemplating the wearing of the veil. The author argues that in a culture of consumerism, the hijab can be experienced as liberation from the tyranny of the beauty myth and the thin 'ideal' woman. Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil straddles many academic disciplines: political theory, feminism, anthropology, sociology, history as well as Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. The author’s research is wide-ranging – from the historical background behind the western stereotyping of the veil and the influence of the colonial era, to modern veiling trends in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Her analysis includes interviews with a group of Muslim women from various backgrounds in Toronto, Canada. Ultimately in dispelling some widely held myths about Muslim women and the hijab, the author introduces respectability, to the voice of believing Muslim women, claiming that liberation and the equality of women arc fundamental to Islam itself. KATHERINE BULLOCK is an alumna of the University of Toronto, where she earned her doctorate in Political Science in 1999. It was during her doctoral studies that she embraced Islam. Her Ph.D. dissertation was on "Politics of the Veil" and she has spoken on this, and other topics relevant to Muslim women, to academic and church circles in Canada, the USA and Australia. Dr. Bullock is originally from Australia, and now lives in California with her husband and son.

In Turning the Tide, Suma Din takes the reader on a journey through the stages of life, from the inception of the soul to the end of life on earth. Words of wisdom and guidance from the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) inspire the reader to reawaken her heart and soul. With many insights about contemporary life running thoughout the book, this voyage is one of contemplation, discovery and self-knowledge. " Designed to reawaken and nourish the woman's heart and soul, (Turning the Tide) is a fresh perspective on the lives of Muslim women through the passage of time. " B. Aisha Lemu, Former National President of The Federation of Muslim Women's Associations of Nigeria. " This is a beautiful, valuable and inspiring book. The journey from the innocence of a newly-created soul to the anticipation of the soul preparing to return to its Maker, is a journey of hope, love, encouragement and faith. An excellent book. " Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, Author, Educationalist and Counsellor. " A beautifully written spiritual journey of a woman's life from birth to death; pure Qur'an and ahadith; highly recommended for all truth-seekers in general, and women in particular. " Maryam Jameelah, Author, Essayist and Journalist. " A book small in size and great in wisdom...I expect readers young and old, female and male will turn to this book and find themselves wishing to not come ashore again. " Dr. Kristin Kanzari, Researcher in Gender Studies.

Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present.

In order to distinguish what was distinctive about the earliest Islamic doctrine on women, Ahmed first describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East before the rise of Islam. She then focuses on those Arab societies that played a key role in elaborating the dominant Islamic discourses about women and gender: Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded; Iraq during the classical age, when the prescriptive core of legal and religious discourse on women was formulated; and Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when exposure to Western societies led to dramatic social change and to the emergence of new discourses on women. Throughout, Ahmed not only considers the Islamic texts in which central ideologies about women and gender developed or were debated but also places this discourse in its social and historical context. Her book is thus a fascinating survey of Islamic debates and ideologies about women and the historical circumstances of their position in society, the first such discussion using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies.