WOMEN IN ISLAM

CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN

• Valuable contributions often overlooked by the world
• Faith, politics, education, philosophy, etc
• Umm Ammarah: companion of Muhammad
• Fatima Al-Fihri: Al-Qarawiyyin University
• Malala Yousafzai: the girl who stood up for education

UMM AMMARAH

• One of the Sahabiyat
• Fought by Muhammad's side in battle
• Lost an arm defending Muhammad
• Realized women were left out of the revelations
• Verse 33:35 of the Quran

MORE WOMEN OF THE SAHABIYAT

FATIMA AL-FIHRI

• Spent all inheritance to build mosque
• Prayed and fasted until mosque complete
• 859: Al-Qarawiyyin mosque and madrasa finished
• Many famous students including Pope Sylvester II

MALALA YOUSAFZAI

• Wrote a blog for the BBC when she was 12
• Shot by the Taliban at age 15
• Miraculously survived and recovered
• Wrote "I Am Malala," started the Malala Fund
• Won Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi

SIGNIFICANCE

• Women add value to Islamic culture and values
• Islam is not always a barrier for women
• Muslims and non-Muslims must realize this
• Muslim women especially must recognize this

PERSONAL REFLECTION