After listening to an “enlightening” oration of a young Moulana educated in the United States, who was speaking at my university on the status of women in Muslim societies, a student asked him why all the prophets were men? To…
Tag Archive for Women’s Rights
The ulama and the rights of women
by Masood Raja •
If woman is just an appendage and a ward of men, then she cannot be held accountable for her sins as a fully realized human being and thus not subject to divine judgment In my textual encounters, and now sadly…
Iqbal: The Reluctant Feminist
by Masood Raja •
Iqbal apologists always suggest that Iqbal wanted the women to have all the rights granted to them in the shariah: how revolutionary is that? It is the job of a philosopher to think on the edge of thought, to go…
Open letter to The President, Prime Minister, Interior Ministry, Chief Justice, Chief Ministers, and heads of all political parties, Pakistan
by Masood Raja •
(From Citizens for Democracy) March 9, 2011: Over 300 prominent individuals – academics, columnists, writers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and women, IT professionals, students, journalists and others – from Pakistan and elsewhere (including India, France, Italy, USA, UK, Canada) besides over…
Women’s Rights in Islam, By Sayed Mumtaz Ali
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja Preface In these few pages I have explained the crux of my thoughts about the rights of women, a subject upon which I have often thought and reflected. Although my thoughts have gone through slight…
Upcoming Conference: Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan
by Masood Raja •
Four Decades of Bhutto Dynasty
by Roger Silverman •
Exposing the Drone War
by Abira Ashfaq •
CFP: Pakistaniaat, Cluster on Lahore With Love
by Masood Raja •
As you might be aware, Fawzia Afzal-Khan’s memoir Lahore with Love: Growing up with Girlfriends Pakistani Style, Syracuse UP, 2010, was canceled by the publisher for fear of a lawsuit after the book had already been published. The April 2011…
