AURORA - With the floodlights cast on the Islamic world since 9/11, the plight of Muslim women has drawn intense media attention. After years of relative obscurity, seemingly they have found ...

Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf in New York. So, in 2013, she started World Hijab Day – a day for both Muslim ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Eighty young girls and women attended Palestine Speaks, hosted by the Muslim American Society of Staten Island in its Dongan Hills Center, to pray and receive guidance on ...

Muslim women have spoken about how wearing the hijab is “empowering” in the face of a new poll that has revealed almost half of Britons believe that women are pressured into putting it on. The survey ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A group of local Muslim women in Chicago are redefining what it means to be an athlete. The groups says they were often forced out of playing sports because of their attire tied to ...

Twin Cities nonprofit leader Nausheena Hussain wrote her debut novel "Prosperity with Purpose: A Muslim Woman's Guide to Generosity and Abundance." NINA MOINI: A new book is helping Muslim women take ...