{"id":455,"date":"2013-08-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/ten-muslim-women-everyone-should-know.html"},"modified":"2015-03-16T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T20:40:20","slug":"ten-muslim-women-everyone-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/ten-muslim-women-everyone-should-know.html","title":{"rendered":"Ten  Muslim Women Everyone Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cdaqDJdfEoo\/Uhj9gVbOjGI\/AAAAAAAADTI\/SRIh8QYJbZs\/s1600\/Muslim+space+2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cdaqDJdfEoo\/Uhj9gVbOjGI\/AAAAAAAADTI\/SRIh8QYJbZs\/s400\/Muslim+space+2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p>Fazeela Siddiqui, program manager for Women\u2019s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), put together a list of ten of the most important Muslim women from the 7th century to the present for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/fazeela-siddiqui\/10-muslim-women-you-should-know_b_1348903.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Huffington Post<\/a>. \u201cContrary to popular belief,\u201d she notes, \u201cMuslim women have served as revolutionary and heroic leaders.\u201d Some, she says, \u201chave been jailed, ridiculed and harangued for their activism; yet, their strength and faith always persevered.\u201dYou can see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/fazeela-siddiqui\/10-muslim-women-you-should-know_b_1348903.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/fazeela-siddiqui\/10-muslim-women-you-should-know_b_1348903.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">slideshow<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/fazeela-siddiqui\/10-muslim-women-you-should-know_b_1348903.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> with pictures <\/a>and a brief biography of each of the ten women.<\/p>\n<p>Anousheh Ansairi, pictured above, is the first Muslim woman in space. Students could research these women and develop presentations. Below is a list of the women with their accomplishment. For many, I have provided a clickable link that will give you more information.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtfeducation.org\/blog\/blogpost.cfm?p=23\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rab\u2019ia al-Adawiyya,<\/a> Iraq, (717-801 C.E.): set \u00a0forth the doctrine of \u201cDivine Love?\u201d Here is a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blissfulself.com\/rabia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">some of her poetry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stage1.whyislam.org\/social-values-in-islam\/fatima-al-fihri-founder-of-worlds-very-first-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fatima al-Fihri<\/a>:, (Morocco, unknown-880C.E.): founded of the oldest degree-granting university in the world?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chnm.gmu.edu\/wwh\/p\/214.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Nana Asma\u2019u<\/a>, (Nigeria, (1793-1864): \u00a0was one of the first advocates for Muslim women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunday-guardian.com\/analysis\/razia-sultan-was-far-better-than-her-brothers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sultan Raziyya<\/a>, India, (1206-1240): She was a Sultan of Delhi from 1236 to 1240. In the 19th century, she traveled throughout the Middle East and northern Africa educating women in poor and rural regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/25\/us\/25koran.html?oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Laleh Bakhtiar<\/a>, USA, 1938-Present): Her \u201cThe Sublime Quran\u201d is first translation by an American of the Quran into English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/3181992.stm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shirin Ebadi<\/a>, Iran, (1947-Present): the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democracy and human rights in Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/14\/fashion\/14khan.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daisy Khan<\/a>, (USA, 1958-Present): founded the Women\u2019s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) which works for women\u2019s rights in Islam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anoushehansari.com\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anousheh Ansari <\/a>USA, (1966-Present): In 2006, she became the first Muslim woman to go into space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2009\/11\/19\/dr-amina-wadud-for-a-progressive-islam.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Amina Wadud <\/a>(USA, 1952-Present): the first female imam to lead a mixed-congregation prayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fazeela Siddiqui, program manager for Women\u2019s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), put together a list of ten of the most important Muslim women from the 7th century to the present for the Huffington Post. \u201cContrary to popular belief,\u201d she notes, \u201cMuslim women have served as revolutionary and heroic leaders.\u201d Some, she says, \u201chave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ten Muslim Women Everyone Should Know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fazeela Siddiqui, program manager for Women&#039;s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), put together a list of ten of the most important\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/ten-muslim-women-everyone-should-know.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten Muslim Women Everyone Should Know\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fazeela Siddiqui, program manager for Women&#039;s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), put together a list of ten of the most important\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/ten-muslim-women-everyone-should-know.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Religions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-26T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-16T20:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/files\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cdaqDJdfEoo\/Uhj9gVbOjGI\/AAAAAAAADTI\/SRIh8QYJbZs\/s400\/Muslim+space+2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George G. 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