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Should girls be allowed to study away from home?
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Are women prohibited from speaking to men just as they are prohibited from leading prayers?
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Why is the raising of children the responsibility of their mothers?
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Why aren't uncles listed as one of the relatives that girls cannot be off guard with as indicated in the Quranic verse, "... disclose not their beauty save to their husbands, or to their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands or their sons or the sons of their husbands or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers or the sons of their sisters, or their women ..." (24:32)?
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Is it permissible women to shorten their hair and lengthen their nails to increase her beauty?
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Are women permitted to travel to Hajj (Pilgrimage) alone?
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Why is it necessary to have two women to testify in regards to financial transactions versus the need to have only one man testify?
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What careers are Muslim women permitted to pursue?
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Why don't females typically practice purdah in the presence of the Caliph?
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For how long are women considered religiously unclean after giving birth to a child?
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In the Quranic verse, "O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, haply they may be better than they, nor let one group of women deride other women" (49:12) why are women especially mentioned when they could be understood to be a part of "people"?
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Can Muslim women join the police force?
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How much freedom do women have in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community?
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Is it acceptable for a government to compel women to work in the country's armed forces?
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Are women permitted to hold and read the Quran during the period of menstruation?
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Are Ahmadi Muslim women allowed to participate in local organizations?
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Are women solely responsible for raising children in Islam?
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What is the meaning of a Saying of Muhammad that states that women are "deficient"?
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Why are women instructed to wear the hijab and not men?
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Is it true that in Islam, men make the rules and that women are treated as second-class citizens?
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