women rights
Prophet Muhammad Mercy to Women
By Umme Maryam |Radianceweekly| 1 Feb 2012
“And We have sent you (O Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists.” (Al-Qur’ān – 21:107)
Saudi women given voting rights
Source : Al Jazeera | Jeddah / 25 Sept 2011
Saudi women will have the right to join the advisory Shura Council (consultative assembly) as full members and participate in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has said.
The announcement came days before municipal elections where women will be excluded.
Kashmiris protest over rape by Indian soldiers
Source : Associated Press
SRINAGAR | 22 Jul 2011
Thousands hurling rocks and shouting anti-India slogans protested in a remote village in Indian Kashmir on Friday, after a woman told police she was abducted and raped by army soldiers stationed in the Himalayan region.
