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Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 6
Apologies, readers, that this was lost in my drafts somewhere! Here’s another response to the series on sexual abuse. This is the account of a male reader who shares the impact of his now 40-year-old brother’s abuse on both the … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual abuse, social justice, society
Tagged death to patriarchy, Muslims, sexual abuse
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Ramadhan Mubarak, Everyone! Aka: May we all have a feminist Ramadhan!
Dear readers, The world has been blessed with yet another Ramadhan so that, hopefully, we may all look inside ourselves and ask ourselves what needs improvement in our own selves as well as in the things around us. May this … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, being human, Death to patriarchy, feminism, forbidden things, gender, God, human rights, I can't believe this needs to be said out loud, Islam, Islamic feminism, Just stop, let's talk privilege, Muslim feminists, Muslim things, Religion, social justice, society, why we need feminism, your face is haraam
Tagged feminist choices, Muslims, why we need feminism
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No More Male-Only Panels, Meetings, Edited Volumes, etc., Muslims!!
On May 2-3, 2015, a “diverse group of contemporary Muslim educators” held a meeting at Cambridge Muslim College to discuss a contemporary curriculum for the Islamic Sciences and the future of the madrasa, the Islamic institution of learning. According to … Continue reading
“In Your Worship, Be Free!” – Except, Don’t Be.
The article below was published first on MuslimGirl.Net and is titled “Why Are Muslim Guys Responding to the ‘Short Shorts’ Article?” The title I’m using in this blog refers to the last line of the Hussain Makke article I’m critiquing … Continue reading
Posted in being human, Death to patriarchy, forbidden things, gender, God, hijab, I can't believe this needs to be said out loud, Islam, Just stop, let's talk privilege, Muslim feminists, Muslim things, Religion, society, why we need feminism, your face is haraam
Tagged female authority in Islam, feminist choices, Islam, Islamic feminism, Muslim women, Muslims
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How Not to Respond When You Hear an Imam is Sexually Abusing People
Just to clarify: the title of this post is referring not to survivers of sexual abuse but to those who hear about sexual abuse. The following are some things *not* to say when you learn that a Qur’an teacher, an … Continue reading
Yasir Qadhi’s Statement on the Women’s Mosque Is Condescending to Women.
This is a response to Yasir Qadhi’s statement on his Facebook page where he shows fake support for the women’s mosque. The saddest part is that he probably meant well; he was probably expecting a pat on the back, a … Continue reading
Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 5
As I’ve said in previous blog posts, when I raised this reality of sexual abuse by Qur’an teachers in the Muslim community on my old blog, many people responded by sharing their own experiences or at least something they’d seen. … Continue reading
The Problem with World Hijab Day
Apparently, February 1st is “World Hijab Day.” I don’t support the campaign for many reasons, although I feel it incumbent upon me to say that I fully respect hijabi women and the hijab (and I wear the hijab myself, too, … Continue reading
Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 4
Continuing the responses to a post I wrote previously on my Qur’an teacher sexually abusing girls. The responses below came in the form of comments or short messages, not in the form of email. So I’m sharing them in one … Continue reading
