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This would be me my latest poem. On sexual abuse. Advertisements
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Tagged Orbala poetry, Poetry, sexual abuse
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Two ways NOT to talk about the recently-exposed child sexual abuse case in Pakistan
Background: Last week, police in Pakistan discovered some 400 video recordings of over 280 children being forced to have sex in Punjab – by 25 men. According to HuffPost, “Villagers in the central Punjabi village of Husain Khan Wala told … Continue reading
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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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
Petition to Address Sexual Abuse in the Muslim Community
I recently saw this letter in a listserv and would like to share it here (I have permission) for more publicity. Please send an email to Samar.kaukab@gmail.com with your name (and institution, if you’d like) as soon as possible for … 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
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
Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 3: sexual abuse at Sunday School
3. Another blog reader who emailed me in response to my post on how my Qur’an teacher sexually abused girls in my elementary school. Pasting verbatim what she shared with me (and allowed me to post it on my blog) … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual abuse, social justice, society, violence in this world
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Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 2: Sexually Abused by a Qur’an Teacher at Home
2. Below, I share a response from someone who read that sexual abuse by a Qur’an teacher post of mine and allowed me to share their experience as well. I shared another individual’s story in another blog post before this … Continue reading
Posted in Death to patriarchy, Sexual abuse, society, stop using the word shame
Tagged Islam, Muslims, sexual abuse
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Responses to the Sexual Abuse Post – Part 1
I’d first like to thank people for the immense support in response to the sexual abuse post I wrote a couple of weeks ago on how my Qur’an teacher sexually abused girls in my elementary school. I honestly didn’t expect … Continue reading
