Shagrat al-Durr (died 1259) who took the title of Sultan and regrouped the Egyptian army to take Damietta back from the Frankish Crusaders.

Courtesy of ISL Software, makers of the WinAlim Islamic database. List of the Sahaabah's Biographies Rumaysa bint Milhan Even before Islam was introduced to Yathrib, Rumaysa was known for her excellent character, the power of her intellect and her independent attitude of mind. She was known by various names including Rumaysa and Ghumaysa, but these were possibly nicknames. One historian says ...

Courtesy of ISL Software, makers of the WinAlim Islamic database. List of the Sahaabah's Biographies Fatimah bint Muhammad Fatimah was the fifth child of Muhammad and Khadijah. She was born at a time when her noble father had begun to spend long periods in the solitude of mountains around Makkah, meditating and reflecting on the great mysteries of creation. This was the time, before the Bithah, ...

A woman warrior of Islam ************************ excerpted from the book 'The Ideal Muslimah' by Dr. Muhammad Ali Al Hashimi One of the most distinguished women who took part in the battle of Uhud, if not the most distinguished of them, was Nasibah bint Ka'b al-Maziniyyah, Umm 'Umarah (May Allah be pleased with her). At the beginning of the battle, she was bringing water and tending the ...

Subj: Zaynab al-Ghazali --------------------------------------------------------------- Zaynab al-Ghazali is a woman of another kind. Like Aisha Abd al-Rahman, she is Egyptian and defends the rights of Muslim women in accordance with what she perceives to be the correct Islamic doctrine, and like her she is the daughter of an Azhar-educated father. But she has been an organizer of women and an ...

From: Wajahat Husain whus@khi.compol.com Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah Brothers and Sisters Assalam o Alaikum: Here i have narrated the reflections of one of the first American Jewish women to accept islam. This narration below in her own words is not just a story, but the beginning of her literary mission to combat modernism inflicted on islam by so called ...

Ramlah Bint Abu Sufyan Abu Sufyan ibn Harb could not conceive of anyone among the Quraysh who would dare challenge his authority or go against his orders. He was after all, the sayyid or chieftain of Makkah who had to be obeyed and followed. His daughter, Ramlah, known as Umm Habibah, however dared to challenge his authority when she rejected the deities of the Quraysh and their idolatrous ways.

Sister President Assalamu alaikunna. I wrote this article for our Sisters Net so I hope you will enjoy it! Feel free to pass it on. Dr. Mohja Kahf You May Call Her Sister President We met for breakfast by the bay in Panama City, Florida. The sea was glorifying Allah in frothy eddies. How did you get to be president of the Islamic center in this small, mostly conservative community I asked Mrs.