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Questioning Elderly Women (Part II)

Heterogeneity of Elderly Women Sadli (2018) in her book entitled 'Being a Healthy and Productive Woman in Elderly’' takes many pictures of the experiences of...

Questioning Elderly Women (Part I)

“We (the elderly) are always considered as people who can no longer think and who are always brought up with illnesses, not productivity…What needs...

Elderly in the Qur’an Perspective (Part 2)

The Elder in the Qur’an  There are several words indicating the elder in Islam, they are: asy-Syaikhasy, Syuyukh, al-Kibar, al-Ajuz, dan ardzalil-’umur. Firstly, the word...

Elderly in the Qur’an Perspective (Part 1)

By: Silvia Rahmah, M.Ag* Khaulah bin Tsa’labah, the female Prophet’s companion, pledged a complaint and Allah accommodated her complaint.  She was married to a Prophet’s...

Is it Permissible to send the elderly Mother to the Nursing...

With: KH Cecep Jayakarama Assalamualaikum,  Let me introduce myself, my name is Putri, I am a single mother. My husband passed away a year ago. I...

Women and Jihad in the Hadith Narration (Part II)

Jihad Activities of Khadijah,  Asma' binti Abu Bakar, and Sumayyah In the history of the Prophet, several heroic jihads were accomplished by Khadijah binti Khuwailid...

Women and Jihad in the Hadith Narration (Part I)

By: Badriyah Fayumi In the literature of hadith and the history of the Prophet Muhammad, women participated jihad in many aspects of life. It is...

The Meaning of Jihad and Qital in the Qur’an (Part II)

Jihad and Qital in the Qur’an The word jihad and its derivations (mustaq) are mentioned in the Qur’an 41 times, and four of them specifically...

The Meaning of Jihad and Qital in the Qur’an (Part I)

By: Imam Nakha’i   The Conscious Rising of Jihad among Women One day, Ummu Salamah, the first woman who migrated to Medina, expressed her concern to the...

Women in Terrorism Entanglement (Part II)

Examining Women's Agencies in the Context of Terrorism Self-agency refers to a woman's capacity to discover herself and make life choices. Saba Mahmood (2006) reveals...