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It's perplexing to me as a therapist and having worked for 45 years with both East Indian and Muslim women who simply proved to me and my associates that Muslim women are gifted and many prodigies!! Muslim women are blessed with an amazing level of intelligence as are East Indian women. There appears to be a link genetically, family nurturing, a drive to learn a capacity to grasp extremely difficult subjects whether math, physics, chemistry or other technical areas. It's astonishing to witness!!! One major hurdle in tapping this resource that could lead to a cancer or other disease cures if it were not for religious struggling by traditionally raised men who dominate women and traditionally women acceptance of an odd submission. Anyway, it's time to open the flood gates for these women. My grandchild is gifted as well and we are attempting with her help to guide her scholastically . Only a freshmen in High School ,but straight A's without hardly an effort. We want her to develop an "effort" ,but many of the courses are elementary ,nearly silly. She is a prolifiic artist in a class you would think is a crafts class for retired elderly . Anyway, women need to pave the way for their contribution to society without restrictions and be given encouragement!!!
It's perplexing to me as a therapist and having worked for 45 years with both East Indian and Muslim women who simply proved to me and my associates that Muslim women are gifted and many prodigies!! Muslim women are blessed with an amazing level of intelligence as are East Indian women. There appears to be a link genetically, family nurturing, a drive to learn a capacity to grasp extremely difficult subjects whether math, physics, chemistry or other technical areas. It's astonishing to witness!!! One major hurdle in tapping this resource that could lead to a cancer or other disease cures if it were not for religious struggling by traditionally raised men who dominate women and traditionally women acceptance of an odd submission. Anyway, it's time to open the flood gates for these women. My grandchild is gifted as well and we are attempting with her help to guide her scholastically . Only a freshmen in High School ,but straight A's without hardly an effort. We want her to develop an "effort" ,but many of the courses are elementary ,nearly silly. She is a prolifiic artist in a class you would think is a crafts class for retired elderly . Anyway, women need to pave the way for their contribution to society without restrictions and be given encouragement!!!
People are often under the impression that Muslim women are suppressed. I believe this has given them the incentive to excel in all areas.
Muslim women are often very well educated. All Muslim, men and women, are obligated to acquire as much education they are capable of..
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This educational level applies to Muslim women as well as men. One of the most significant findings of the survey was that contrary to common perceptions, American Muslim women are more likely than American Muslim men to have college and post-graduate degrees. Additionally, they are more highly educated than women in every other religious group except Jews, with 43% of Muslim American women holding a college or postgraduate degree, compared with 29% of American women overall. Muslim American women also are as likely as Muslim men to have a profession, with 30% in professional work and 25% self employed. They also report incomes more nearly equal to men, compared with women and men of other faiths, and attend mosque as frequently as Muslim men. OIS, Midwest - Gallup Poll: Muslim Women Highly Educated
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“Islam orders believers to seek knowledge, so parents have an obligation to educate their children, both boys and girls. Muhammad once said, ‘Seeking knowledge is mandatory on every Muslim, male and female.’ Unfortunately, some people stray from this clear advice, due to local culture and circumstances.
Religious education takes primary importance during a child’s early years, because it serves as the foundation for the building of all future knowledge. However, secular or practical education is also encouraged, particularly in areas where one can make a positive contribution to society.” Does Islam Prohibit Educating Women? | Discover The Truth
It's perplexing to me as a therapist and having worked for 45 years with both East Indian and Muslim women who simply proved to me and my associates that Muslim women are gifted and many prodigies!! Muslim women are blessed with an amazing level of intelligence as are East Indian women. There appears to be a link genetically, family nurturing, a drive to learn a capacity to grasp extremely difficult subjects whether math, physics, chemistry or other technical areas. It's astonishing to witness!!! One major hurdle in tapping this resource that could lead to a cancer or other disease cures if it were not for religious struggling by traditionally raised men who dominate women and traditionally women acceptance of an odd submission. Anyway, it's time to open the flood gates for these women. My grandchild is gifted as well and we are attempting with her help to guide her scholastically . Only a freshmen in High School ,but straight A's without hardly an effort. We want her to develop an "effort" ,but many of the courses are elementary ,nearly silly. She is a prolifiic artist in a class you would think is a crafts class for retired elderly . Anyway, women need to pave the way for their contribution to society without restrictions and be given encouragement!!!
They are by far extremely educated but gifted, what was the greatest invention ever created by them.
Learning is one thing, gifted is another. Gifted is cure for cancer, inventing light bulb, putting a man on the moon. Basically like Disney said dream the impossible and do the impossible.
There are are also amazing hard workers on top of being extremely smart. But gifted.
They are by far extremely educated but gifted, what was the greatest invention ever created by them.
Learning is one thing, gifted is another. Gifted is cure for cancer, inventing light bulb, putting a man on the moon. Basically like Disney said dream the impossible and do the impossible.
There are are also amazing hard workers on top of being extremely smart. But gifted.
A little bit of searching finds a few such as
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The Pioneers
1. Dr. Sameera Moussa – The Atoms for Peace Champion, Egypt
2. Prof. Nesreen Ghaddar, FIAS (‘07) – The Shaper of Energy Future, Kuwait and Lebanon
3. Professor Bina Shaheen Siddiqui, Fellow–TWAS (‘89) – The Plants Scientist, Pakistan
4. Professor Samira Ibrahim Islam – The Drug Safety Advocate, Saudi Arabia
The Shapers
5. Prof. Rabia Hussain, FIAS (‘08) – The Infectious Diseases Specialist, Pakistan
6. Prof. Khatijah Mohd Yusoff, FIAS (‘08) – The Viralogist, Malaysia
7. Dr Ismahane Elouafi – The Food Safety Champion, Morocco and Canada
8. Prof. Ilham Al Qaradawi – The Physicist, Qatar
9. Dr. Sania Nishtar – The Policywonk, Pakistan
10. Prof. Dr Nuket Yetis – The Science Administrator, Turkey
11. Dr. Hessa Al Jaber – The Policymaker, Qatar
12. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, FIAS (‘09) – The Herbalist, Mauritius
The Emerging Champions
13. Dr. Hina Chaudhry – The Cardiac Magician, Pakistan and United States
14. Dr. Hayat Al Sindi – The Innovator, Saudi Arabia
15. Dr. Maryam Matar – The Humanitarian, United Arab Emirates
16. Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman – The Taboo Buster, Malaysia
17. Maryam Mirzakhani – The Esoteric Mathematician, Iran
18. Dr. Ghada Amer – The Power Woman, Egypt
19. Dr. Rana Dajani – The Islamic – Feminist, Jordan
20. Dr. Rim Al Turkamani – The Accidental Historian, Syria and United Kingdom
Brief profiles and contributions by the Female Muslim scientists I Named above
Dr. Sameera Moussa
Then she became the first Assistant Professor at the same faculty and the first woman to hold a university post. Being the first to obtain a Ph.D. degree in atomic radiation, she earnestly sought to make nuclear treatment available for every one. She used to say, "I’ll make nuclear treatment as available and as cheap as aspirin." State Information Services Dr. Sameera Moussa
Prof. Nesreen Ghaddar
Professor Ghaddar has published more than 50 archived journal articles and more than 50 refereed articles in conference proceedings. She has managed and participated in many projects related to development of renewable energy training programs, climate change, and energy efficiency. Her research and funding has come from many sources including UNDP, US Department of State, American Society of Air conditioning and Refrigeration Engineers, European Commission on Education and Culture, Swedish Research Council-MENA, and National Lebanese Council for Scientific Research. Prof. Nesreen Ghaddar
Professor Bina Shaheen Siddiqui
Dr. Siddiqui has made noteworthy assistance to medicine and agriculture through her study and classification of indigenous plant materials. She has been awarded several patents for anticancer constituents and biopesticides and has written more than 250 research articles. Professor Bina Shaheen Siddiqui | Iccibian
Prof. Rabia Hussain
Her early research work which was carried out at Johns Hopkins University and National Institutes of Health in USA and was recognized internationally focused on the key properties of allergens and natural mechanisms which protect against allergies in human parasitic diseases. IAS » Prof. Rabia Hussain
Prof. Khatijah Mohd Yusoff
In recognition of her teaching and research in microbiology, in particular on the molecular biology of NDV, she has received many awards including the 2005 Carlos J Finlay Prize for microbiology by UNESCO and the National Young Scientist Award in 1990. She was also selected by the Houghton Trust and invited to deliver the Third Houghton Lecture at the XIIth World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) Congress in 2002 for her contributions to the poultry industry. Some of her work included the determination of the first complete sequence of the L gene, epitope mapping of the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase and fusion proteins, and the molecular biology of local NDV strains including the challenge strain AF2240 and a heat stable vaccine strain V4(UPM). Pursuing the vaccine research, she is currently investigating the potential of developing recombinant vaccines in various expression systems using reversed genetics as well as nanobiotechnology. Furthermore, she is studying the molecular biology of NDV through phage display technology and protein-virus interactions in order to develop specific antiviral drugs, diagnostic tests, characterise the virus receptor(s) and study the assembly and infection of NDV in cancer cells. Prof. Khatijah Mohd Yusoff
Dr Ismahane Elouafi
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi has been Director General of ICBA since 2012. Under her leadership, ICBA is pursuing an ambitious strategy for 2013-2023 that focuses on building and strengthening partnerships to deliver agricultural and water scarcity solutions in marginal and saline environments. Both ICBA and IFPRI work on aspects that aim to fight hunger and malnutrition, and this latest appointment of Dr. Elouafi as a member of the IFPRI Board of Trustees will further strengthen the collaboration efforts between both organizations as well as between CGIAR and AIRCA to benefit poverty alleviation and food and nutrition security achievement. Dr. Ismahane Elouafi joins IFPRI Board of Trustees | biosaline.org
Prof. Ilham Al Qaradawi
Over the past decade she has established a positron lab at Qatar University and successfully built the first variable energy slow positron beam in the Middle East.
Prof. Ilham Al-Qaradawi has been awarded the Qatar University award for excellence in research for 2004 and the Ahmed Badeeb Prize for Arab Women in Science in 2008.
She is the founder of the Qatar Physics Society; through which she regularly holds training workshops for physics teachers and other activities in an effort to spread physics knowledge and nuclear awareness well as improve physics education.
- See more at: https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil....HuGvm61X.dpuf
Dr. Sania Nishtar
Sania Nishtar is a key health policy voice in Pakistan, the author of Pakistan’s first health reform plan, Pakistan’s first compendium of health statistics, and the country’s first national public health plan for NCDs. One of her books, an analysis of Pakistan’s health systems became the blue print for the country’s health policy. She is a member of many boards, advisory groups and task forces and a voice to catalyze change at the broader governance level in Pakistan.
Sania Nishtar is the author of 6 books, more than 100 peer review articles and around the same number of op-eds. Dr. Sania Nishtar | EAT
Prof. Dr Nuket Yetis
Prof. Dr. Yetis was director of the Turkish Institute for Industrial Management from 2000-2003. During her tenure there, she led management reform and restructuring projects for more than 75 organizations, the number of employees increased 40 percent, and operational revenues increased 20-fold. The Institute logged a 110 percent financial self sufficiency in 2002.
She was Dean of Marmara University’s Faculty of Engineering (MUFE) from 1994-2000. She led Continuous Quality Improvement activities at MUFE, making it the first Turkish public organization to become a finalist for the European Quality Award in 2000. MUFE was the first applicant and finalist for the European Quality Award in higher education.
Prof. Dr. Yetis was Associate Dean of Marmara University’s Faculty of Engineering from 1990-1994. She has been among the leading founders of the Faculty of Engineering, and she established master’s and doctoral programs in Engineering Management. PICMET Medals of Excellence
Dr. Hessa Al Jaber
Dr Al-Jaber was previously the IT advisor for Qtel, Qatar’s current telecommunications provider. She also served as Chair of the Computer Science Department at Qatar University.
Dr Al-Jaber is a member of several Boards, including the Board of Regents of Qatar University, the Board of Governors of the American School of Doha and the newly established Qatar Financial Markets Authority. Most recently, Dr Al-Jaber was the Chairperson of the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2006 held in Doha, Qatar.
Dr Al-Jaber holds a BS (Engineering) from Kuwait University and a MA and PhD in Computer Science from George Washington University, Washington D.C. A co-author of several publications and academic papers, Dr Al-Jaber has presented her research at conferences and symposia in the Middle East, the United States and Korea. Qatar Foundation International Research in Sciencs & Technology
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
With her knowledge of botany, she turned increasingly to ethnopharmacology. This science concerns the interdisciplinary scientific study of all materials of animal or mineral origin, and the related knowledge and practices that local cultures implement for therapeutic, curative, preventive, or diagnostic uses. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim -UPMC - University Pierre and Marie CURIE - Sciences and Medicine - Paris
A side honor she has received:
PORT LOUIS: The government of Mauritius today designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the Indian Ocean island nation's new president, making her the first woman to hold the ceremonial position. Mauritius designates its first woman president - The Times of India
Dr. Hina Chaudhry
Specialty
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Training Areas
Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology [BSP]
Education
MD, Harvard Medical School
Internship, Internal Medicine
Duke University Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine
Duke University Hospital
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Dis
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Biography
Dr. Chaudhry is the Director of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine.
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology… Hina Chaudhry - The Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Hayat Al Sindi
Determined to learn how to put her discoveries to work for humanity, most especially for those who normally could not afford medical care, Dr. Sindi went to the United States where she attended the MBA program at Harvard Business School in Commercializing Science & High Technology.
During her studies at Harvard, Dr. Sindi took a class by Professor George Whitesides that was working on using paper and adhesive tape to create a device that could reliably and reproducibly measure protein and sugar levels in urine and blood.
Inspired by the idea, and with Whitesides’ approval, Dr. Sindi created a team consisting of classmates and colleagues and formed a non-profit organization called Diagnostics For All to offer diagnostic tools micro-fabricated in paper which would allow healthcare workers to diagnose and treat those who did not usually have access to medical care. The DFA founders wrote a business plan that was entered into two contests:
The Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.
Dr. Maryam Matar
Emirati Dr Maryam Matar, 36, says she wears 11 different hats in one week. One of them is chairperson and founder of the UAE Genetic Disease Association (GDA). She divides her time equally between Dubai and Japan – spending six weeks in each – to complete her PhD research at Yamaguchi University, in the UAE’s common blood diseases. Here, she talks about a recent Thursday in Dubai. Day in the life: Emirati doctor Maryam Matar | The National
Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman
July 2006—Recently named as chair of TREAT Asia’s Steering Committee, Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman is engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS on multiple fronts. As a physician and chief of infectious diseases at the University of Malaya Medical Center in Kuala Lumpur, she provides care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. Last year she was appointed president of the Malaysian AIDS Council, a role that allows her to advocate on a national level for progressive HIV/AIDS policies, including the successful introduction of harm reduction programs. In addition, her work with TREAT Asia provides her with the opportunity to help shape anti-AIDS programs across Asia. Dr. Adeeba discussed her work and her perspectives on the epidemic with the TREAT Asia Report. amfAR :: An Interview with Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman
Maryam Mirzakhani
The award recognizes Mirzakhani's sophisticated and highly original contributions to the fields of geometry and dynamical systems, particularly in understanding the symmetry of curved surfaces, such as spheres, the surfaces of doughnuts and of hyperbolic objects. Although her work is considered "pure mathematics" and is mostly theoretical, it has implications for physics and quantum field theory.
“On behalf of the entire Stanford community, I congratulate Maryam on this incredible recognition, the highest honor in her discipline, the first ever granted to a woman,” said Stanford President John Hennessy. "We are proud of her achievements, and of the work taking place in our math department and among our faculty. We hope it will serve as an inspiration to many aspiring mathematicians." Stanford's Maryam Mirzakhani wins Fields Medal
Dr. Ghada Amer
Ghada Amer, is the Vice President the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF). She holds few more positions within her profession, like the Head of Electrical Engineering Department at Benha University and the CEO of the Global Awqaf Research Center (GARC).
Also because she believes on the important of R&D for her community (not only in Egypt, but in all Arab countries) as she has a mentality of entrepreneur, she established an entity for research and training center.
She was names in Jan 2014 as one of “Top 20 Influential Muslim Women Scientist in the World”, by an international committee residing on Muslim-Science, as an emerging champion “power woman”. Also she ranked the first place for the 50 most prominent leader of the Arab woman in 2014 issued by the Sayidaty magazine
Born in Manama, Bahrain, 1972, a Chess Champion, 1986-1990 in Kuwait., she lead many student activities and was awarded “Best Leader for Student Activity Award”, 2006 at Benha University. And, she was named as a best leader on 2002 by the Egyptian national “Institute for Leadership Development”. She received her training on Control and Instrumentation in Electrical Engineering (B.Sc. 1995), Electrical Power Engineering (M.Sc., 1999) and PhD. degree in Electrical Power Engineering from faculty of engineering, Cairo University, 2002. She served as a lecturer (1996 till present), a head of department (2007-2010 and 2013 till present) and an S&T Advisor (2008-2010). On her academic career, she served as member of scientific committees, chairman and editor of many regional and international scientific conferences. Beside, being an editor of two international journals on her field of specialty. She received “Best Research Paper Award” CATAEE Conference, Jordan, 2004. She is an active member of the main committee of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate. Her present research interests are the protection system, power system, high voltage engineering, effect of EMF of high voltage transmission lines, and biomedical engineering. And she published more than 35 research papers. Dr Ghada M. Amer
Dr. Rana Dajani
Rana Dajani: Ph.D. in molecular biology, University of Iowa, USA; Eisenhower Fellow a Fulbright alumnus twice, an Associate Professor and former Director of the Center of Sudies at the Hashemite University, Jordan; former visiting Professor at the Yale Stem Cell Center. Her research focuses on genome-wide association studies concerning diabetes and cancer in ethnic populations in Jordan. https://www.wise-qatar.org/rana-dajani
Dr. Rim Al Turkamani
Turkmani, R. Cargill, P. J., L., Galsgaard, K., , R. Vlahos & Isliker H., ‘Particle acceleration in stochastic current sheets in stressed coronal active regions’, 2006, A&A, 449, 749.
Turkmani, R. Vlahos, L., Galsgaard, K., Cargill, P. J., & Isliker H., ‘Particle acceleration in stressed coronal magnetic fields’, 2005, APJL , 620, 59
Turkmani, R. & Torkelsson, U., ‘Propagation of non-linear circularly polarized Alfvén waves in a stratified medium’. 2004, A&A, 428, 227
Turkmani, R., ‘Waves and turbulence in Astrophysics; Applications to the Heliosphere’. PhD thesis. 2003, Publications of Chalmers University of Technology.
Turkmani, R. & Torkelsson, U., ‘Propagation of non-linear circularly polarized Alfvén waves in homogenous medium’. 2003, A&A. 409, 813
Turkmani, R & Torkelsson, U., ‘Dissipation of non-linear circularly polarized Alfvén waves’. 2001, Stellar coronae in the Chandra and XMM-Newton era, ASP Conference Proceedings, 277, 603
Why are Muslim Women Seemingly Among the Most Intelligent Women On Earth?
Such a statement need careful parsing and delineations, and avoidance of conflation.
Seemingly?
I don't think there are accurate statistics to support this seemingly statement.
I believe in general women are capable to be as intelligent as any man and vice versa. It is just that in the past women around the world were not given much opportunities to exploit their full potential.
However I am very certain where a 'Muslim' women is considered to be intelligent it is not because of 'Islam.' In general a Muslim women is intelligent because she is expressing her natural human_ness and is not straightjacketed by the misogynistic put-down verses of the Quran and her Muslim community.
Re Normal Curve there will always be a small percentile of humans (males and females] who has higher IQs than the rest of the majority, e.g. the Mensa qualifiers.
Therefore it has nothing to do with whether a person belong to a certain religion. In fact Islam [re Quran-Muhammad-Gabriel-Allah] will hinder those certain Muslims women from realizing the potential of their inherent higher IQ.
Why are Muslim Women Seemingly Among the Most Intelligent Women On Earth?
Such a statement need careful parsing and delineations, and avoidance of conflation.
Seemingly?
I don't think there are accurate statistics to support this seemingly statement.
I believe in general women are capable to be as intelligent as any man and vice versa. It is just that in the past women around the world were not given much opportunities to exploit their full potential.
However I am very certain where a 'Muslim' women is considered to be intelligent it is not because of 'Islam.' In general a Muslim women is intelligent because she is expressing her natural human_ness and is not straightjacketed by the misogynistic put-down verses of the Quran and her Muslim community.
Re Normal Curve there will always be a small percentile of humans (males and females] who has higher IQs than the rest of the majority, e.g. the Mensa qualifiers.
Therefore it has nothing to do with whether a person belong to a certain religion. In fact Islam [re Quran-Muhammad-Gabriel-Allah] will hinder those certain Muslims women from realizing the potential of their inherent higher IQ.
Have no disagreement with that. but it should be noted that even in the sternest Islamic nations women have excelled in politics, the sciences and religious education fields.
Every Islamic nation has had or has a female head of state.
In all of the religious forums, I think you are the only person who brags about how wonderful people are who share your faith.
In real life I find the majority of people to be quite wonderful, including many I disagree with highly.
However since this is the Islamic forum which has a pupose of showing the Islamic views by individual Muslims I feel obligated to point out Muslim that do not match the stereotypical belifs held by some non-Muslims. There are very few active muslim posters that post in this forum. I believe I have a responsibility in today's world to show many Muslims are progressive, well educated and charitable.
Because of the action of some many people seem to be coming to the conclusion that Muslims are angry, evil peopleseeking to control the world, it is only fair that in the Islamic forum I give examples of those that have been an asset and not a bane.
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