It was the summer of 2015. I was in Pakistan for a month and a half due to the demise of my father. My visit coincided with the month of Ramazan. During the holy month, my wife decided to attend ...

Controversial Islamic scholar Farhat Hashmi, who teaches that a Muslim wife should be “obedient” to her husband, is a woman of mystery. We know she has schools around the world, including the Al-Huda ...

London's Metropolitan Police has sold one of its disused stations to an organisation run by a hardline Islamic scholar with what her critics call a "medieval view of human rights and women's place in ...

A new breed of scholar is inspiring Islamic study among Pakistan's last bastion of sceptics - the educated female elite. Women like Dr Farhat Hashmi are bringing a contemporary perspective to the ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Her bespectacled face hidden behind a black veil, Farhat Hashmi's voice is measured and confident as she mixes motherly advice about diet and child-rearing with solemn guidance ...