Category Archives: Death to patriarchy

A Response to Yasmin Mogahed’s Article Against Female-Led Prayer

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

Since the article by Yasmin Mogahed where she argues against female-led prayer (google it) has been making rounds again and it has some misleading and false statements, here’s a response to it, point by point. Collectively written by me, Zahra … Continue reading →

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“Picking and choosing” is actually inherent and essential to Islam.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Stop telling Muslim feminists that they’re “picking and choosing” from Islam as if that’s a bad thing and as if that’s not already what scholars have always done in Islam.

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on the loss of Asma Jahangir – and celebrating women

Posted on February 23, 2018 by

Ever since Asma Jahangir’s passing – may she rest in eternal peace, may she rest at last – sadness seems to be my natural state. I’ve never hurt this much over the loss of someone I did not personally know. … Continue reading →

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why the “aunties” article is dishonest and terrible writing – or, why men shouldn’t pit younger women against older women

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

I was just telling Nahida (The Fatal Feminist) that there needs to be a word for when patriarchy pits younger women against older women to make a statement about, oh I don’t know, how younger women supposedly think they know … Continue reading →

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actually, Islam DOES allow women to lead mixed-gender prayers.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

God says: Say not, of any false thing that your tongues may put forth, “This is lawful, and this is forbidden,” ascribing false things to God. For those who ascribe false things to God will never prosper. (Qur’an, 16:116) Pre-post: … Continue reading →

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Guest post: We Object to Performative, Anti-Black Misuses of the Terms “Intersectionality” and “White Feminism” in the Non-Black Muslim Community

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

This brilliance was first published over at Nahida Nisa’s blog, The Fatal Feminist. I’m pasting it verbatim with Nahida’s permission. by Inas Hyatt and TFF Non-black Muslims often (mis)appropriate the terms “intersectionality” and “white feminism” to the detriment of black Muslim women. … Continue reading →

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Stop treating women like collateral beneficiaries.

Posted on November 4, 2017 by

On comparing oppressions and treating Islamophobia as more urgent than patriarchal oppressions.

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Dear Muslim men: we don’t appreciate your conditional support for #MeToo.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by

I’m so deeply grateful to the thoughtful ways that Muslim women deal with problems in our community. I’m so grateful to be among them, and I’m grateful that I’m in conversation with them. Thank you all ❤ I’m blessed to … Continue reading →

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why male academics get emotional and defensive when called out on their patriarchy

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

In the last month, there have been several conversations on Facebook on the patriarchy (and racism too but just patriarchy for now) of male academics. Each time it happens, I want to blog about it, and then I’m too tired … Continue reading →

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on mosques excluding women from Eid prayer

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

Okay, so, basically, a “mosque” in Massachusetts, very ironically called Masjid al-Rahma, decided that they won’t let women do the Eid prayer tomorrow because of limited space. So they’ll only accommodate men, the default human species. People picked up on it and … Continue reading →

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