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As the world faces the greatest disruption of our lifetimes, Muslims throughout the world are also grappling with the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Islamic cultural, spiritual and theological dimensions offer Muslims myriad ways of coping. Adapting to new social norms Muslims have relatively large families and tend to maintain extended family relations. […]
“In the old days, as far as you could see the rice fields, that area was all ‘NU [Nahdlatul Ulama] territory’. But now, along with the shrinking rice fields, the only ones who study and worship in NU style are in the outlying areas, or those that are well established and want to preserve the […]
The Lady Imam talks to Managing Editor Hera Diani about her endless spiritual journey, Feminism in Islam, and how she enjoys taking off her hijab in her new home in Indonesia. by Hera Diani, Managing Editor amina wadud distributed the copies of the Quranic verses related to Islam and feminism during a class […]
If what it takes to create are long stretches of time alone, that’s something women have never had the luxury to expect A few months ago, as I struggled to carve out time in my crowded days for writing, a colleague suggested I read a book about the daily rituals of great artists. But […]
In addition to the severe New Year floods, we were also shocked by a viral video of girl and boy scouts. Their yells included: “Islam-Islam yes, kafir-kafir no”. For Jakartans, the scene from Yogyakarta harked back to the 2017 gubernatorial election, in which incumbent and candidate Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama was denounced as a kafir (infidel). Yet such expressions […]
By Yasmin Mace on Friday 10th Jan 2020 Every year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18. That’s nearly one girl every three seconds, forced to grow up too soon. But we’ve seen some encouraging progress over the last ten years. Although we still have a long way to go to end […]
Congratulations to the people of Finland for the new cabinet led by a female Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, who serves as the youngest sitting prime minister in the world, and three strategic position ministers: Ms. Li Andersson, Minister of Education; Ms. Karti Kulmini, Minister of Finance; and Ms. Maria Ohisalo, Minister of the Interior. We […]
Report on Discussion of the Book Fikih on Guardianship: Re-reading the Right of Guardianship for Protection of Women from Child Marriage and Forced Marriage In Bekasi, on 20 October 2019, Rumah KitaB, in cooperation with Yayasan Perguruan Islam el-Nur el-Kasysyaf (YAPINK) and Institut Agama Islam Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi (INISA), conducted a discussion of the book Fikih […]
Thursday, 12 September 2019 13.00 – 16.00 Western Indonesia Time Pondok Pesantren Cipasung, Tasikmalaya, West Java AS part of the 2019 Book Roadshow, Yayasan Rumah Kita Bersama (Rumah KitaB) conducted a discussion and analysis of the book Fikih on Guardianship: Rereading the Right of Guardianship for Protection of Women from Forced Marriage and Child Marriage […]
Pondok Pesantren Kebon Jambu, Babakan Ciwaringin, Cirebon, West Java Friday, 6 September 2019 Achmat Hilmi, Lies Marcoes With support from the Oslo Coalition, Rumah Kita Bersama held a “Book Roadshow” activity for the book Fikih on Guardianship on Friday, 6 September 2019, at the Sang Dwi Cahya Mulia Women’s Mosque, Pondok Pesantren Kebun Jambu […]