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Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim.

- CNN

In Indonesia, about 10,000 women preachers serve as many as six million Islamic women.

- Asia Foundation

The world’s first female military pilot, Sabiha Gokcen, was a Muslim woman.

- Muslim Women's Portal

70% of students enrolled in science and technology courses in the United Arab Emirates are women.

- Science Magazine

Anousheh Ansari is the first female civilian and the first Muslim woman in space.

- Radio Free Europe

Muslim women do not see themselves as oppressed according to a 2005 Gallup poll.

- The Gallup Organization

Muslim women skydive in Iran!

- Paravaran Asseman

Five Muslim Women have been heads of state in Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Bangladesh in Contemporary times.

- PBS

China has a long line of Ahong, or female Imams, active since the late 17th century.

- Xinhua

Some 500 Muslim women serve in the US armed forces.

- The Boston Globe

8,000 Muslim women scholars of hadith* (Prophetic sayings) dating back 1400 years have contributed to the development of Islamic thought.

- The New York Times