Islam, Women and Me (Religion Documentary) | Real Stories

Documentary following 28-year-old British Muslim Mehreen Baig as she explores the experiences of women in different Muslim communities. As a 28-year-old British Muslim woman, Mehreen Baig finds that everyone seems to have an opinion about how she should live her life - the clothes she should wear, where she should go out and who she should date. Half the time she is told she s being held back by her religion, and the other half that she isn t religious enough. Sometimes it feels like she just can t win. As she faces the prospect of marriage and finally moving out from her parents house, she wants to know whether it s possible to be a strong, independent woman and a good Muslim in modern Britain. Mehreen encounters the women on the front line of this debate. She meets the young women who claim Islam is a feminist religion that empowers them and a woman who has rejected the religion because she believes it s inherently sexist. She uses a specialist Muslim dating app to date a selection of young Muslim men, finding out what they really want from a wife, and attends a Sharia council to witness women petitioning to divorce their husbands. Along the way, Mehreen discovers what the Islamic texts really say about women s rights and discovers how widely women s experiences vary across different Muslim communities. From ISLAM, WOMEN AND ME Twitter: https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocs Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RealStoriesChannel Instagram - @realstoriesdocs Real Stories Tapes: True Crime is a brand new podcast hosted by Emmy-nominated TV host and true-crime obsessive Stephanie Bauer (Searching For...). It takes some of the most popular true-crime documentaries on your Real Stories channel and transforms them into riveting audio, meaning you can enjoy them wherever you listen to your podcasts. https://podfollow.com/real-stories-tapes-true-crime Content licensed from All3Media International. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com If you loved this film, Real Stories has hundreds more full-length documentaries, click the link to enjoy: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIu