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It is a popular name for girls in Arabic-speaking countries, including Israel, where it was among the ten most popular names given to girls born to Muslim parents in 2020. [3] It was also the most popular name for girls born in Jordan in 2020. [6]
Among the influences which have played an important role in defining the social, legal, spiritual, and cosmological status of women in the course of Islamic history are the sacred scriptures of Islam: the Quran; [5] the ḥadīth, which are traditions relating to the deeds and aphorisms attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions; [6] ijmā', which is a scholarly consensus ...
This article is an incomplete list of female scholars of Islam. A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. [1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars. [2] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, spanning over two decades and containing a ...
Still, Muslim women are underrepresented in athletic arenas, from school and amateur sports to international competitions. [4] [5] Causes may include cultural or familial pressures, the lack of suitable facilities and programs, and bans on the hijab, the Islamic headscarf. [6] Muslim women have used sports as a means to empowerment, working towards health and wellbeing, women's rights, and ...
Divorce according to Islamic law can occur in a variety of forms, some initiated by a husband and some by a wife. The main categories of Islamic customary law are talaq ( repudiation (marriage) ), khulʿ (mutual divorce) and faskh (dissolution of marriage before the Religious Court). [1] Historically, the rules of divorce were governed by ...
Islamic modernism is a movement that has been described as "the first Muslim ideological response to the Western cultural challenge," [Note 1] attempting to reconcile the Islamic faith with modern values such as democracy, civil rights, rationality, equality, and progress. [2] It featured a "critical reexamination of the classical conceptions and methods of jurisprudence ", and a new approach ...
A fatwa ( UK: / ˈfætwɑː / ⓘ; US: / ˈfɑːtwɑː /; Arabic: فتوى, romanized :fatwā; pl.فتاوى, fatāwā) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law ( sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist ( faqih) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. [1] [2] [3] A jurist issuing fatwas is called a ...