According to the information provided by the Islamic Civilization Research Institute’s news website, the research book “Research on the Normativity of Girls’ Hijab” written by Seyyed Mohsen Mirsondosi, a faculty member of the Quran and Social Studies Department at the Islamic Civilization Research Institute, was honored at the closing ceremony of the 16th International Cultural...Read More

Islam’s view on the status of women has been among the controversial topicsin the American universities in recent decades. The rise of the political Islamand its embodiment in the Islamic Republic of Iran is considered by manycritics as the turning point in the making of the Muslim women as ananalytical category for the Western observers....Read More

The deficient of females’ portion compared to males’ portion in the distribution of inheritance has always become an issue, especially to the feminists who are very opinionated about women’s justice. Another issue is about females who were perceived as weak connector between two heirs which result the kinship as a weaker one. These issues were...Read More

Different points of view have been projected by scholars with regard to the role culture and religious beliefs play when it comes to women empowerment against cultural traditions that are not constructive. Many of these practices, defended in the name of tradition, that impinge on human rights are gender specific; they preserve patriarchy at the...Read More