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Islamic Women

PHOTOS: Bittersweet End For Country's First Female Runner

AP | JOHN PYE | Posted 08.03.2012 | Sports
Read More: First Qatari Female, Islamic Women, Video, Women at the Olympics, Noor Hussain Al-Malki, Al Malki Olympics, London Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, Islamic Women at Olympics, Female Islamic Competitors, Sports News

LONDON -- Noor Hussain Al-Malki sat in Lane 3, face in her hands, barely a dozen painful strides from where her first Olympic race began. It was a sh...

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Weightlifter Fights To Compete, Honor Faith

AP | By PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 08.12.2011 | Religion
Read More: Islamophobia, Women, Islam, Islamic Women, Muslim Women, Muslim Discrimination, Muslim Women Athletes, Muslim Woman Weightlifter, Kulsoom Abdullah, Muslim Weightlifter, Female Muslim Weightlifter, Religion News

ATLANTA -- Looking to get stronger, Kulsoom Abdullah took up weightlifting a couple of years ago. She quickly grew to love the male-dominated sport, e...

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Misogyny In The Muslim World: Bound By Culture Or Religion?

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Misogyny, Muslim Women, Fgm, Zainah Anwar, Sisters in Islam, Female Circumcision, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women?S Rights, Ijtihad, Guardian Law, Honor Killing, Fitna, Sharia Law, Islamic Women, Women's Empowerment, Women in Iran, Female Genital Mutilation, Islam and Women, Women in Sudan, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

In many Muslim societies, Islamic law deems women inferior to men. A woman's testimony is worth half that of a man, and her independence is restricted by seclusion in the home, laws of guardianship by male kin, polygamy and unilateral divorce.

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