Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs hosted an event contextualizing the different understandings of how Islamic teaching pertains to women’s behavior on Oct.

In Kyrgyzstan, Islamic organizations and activism — particularly those run by women — have become increasingly important in the social sphere. The influence of Muslim women, and the organizations and ...

Schneider, a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Göttingen, Germany, covers the past and present of gender roles and the status of women in the scripture, law, politics, ...

Press announced the latest release under its Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Series for Arabic and Islamic Tex ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday, the latest ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher ...

When Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued a decree last month banning women from the country's universities, the move was lambasted around the world as amoral and un-Islamic. It was the latest ...

In a concerning move, the Taliban government has removed 140 books by female authors from Afghan university curricula, deeming them "anti-Sharia." Courses on human rights and women's studies are also ...

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan recently repatriated 95 wives and children of Kyrgyz Islamic State (IS) militants from Syria, in the second such operation this year. But the task is just beginning for the ...