Posted in Islam, gender, political, religion on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Al-Zawahiri should have known. Extremists draw upon the fiery of soul, the passionate, who are desperate to act, who thirst to do something. Try telling a person of this nature that s/he must stay at home, picking up after children and washing up pots and pans. It doesn’t work for the men and it won’t [...]
Posted in Islam, USA, gender, religion on June 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
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For years now, I have agonized, along with my friends, about the disproportionately large numbers of such women and the much lower numbers of truly eligible Muslim men. Many friends have wondered if “he” is out there at all. Many friends have asked me if I can introduce them to someone, and friends have asked [...]
Posted in Islam, children, gender, spiritual on June 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
God, grant me the strength to live in a world that does not acknowledge me as a full human being and yet to know, with fullest unshakeable conviction, that I am.
Beloved, protect me from grasping hands that seek to draw themselves upon my canvas.
Cherisher, grant me the strength to make it through puberty. Let me [...]
Posted in Islam, USA, fun, gender, religion, social science on April 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Enjoy my new (satirical! satirical!) post at Religion Dispatches.
“We have to liberate them. We have to let them know that their way of life is evil at its core. Years of subjugation and conditioning have rendered them incapable of desiring something better. We have to empower them to hate their civilization, their culture, their people, [...]
Posted in Islam, cultural, gender on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My latest post is up at Religion Dispatches.
Posted in Islam, gender, political on March 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My latest blog post “Just Like a Submissive Woman” is up at Religion Dispatches.
As a Muslim feminist who does not wear a head-cover but who fights for women’s right to do so with total honor, I am in that uncomfortable space between Muslims and non-Muslims. Many non-Muslims would not accept my feminist credentials and many [...]
Posted in Islam, USA, religion on March 3, 2008 | 14 Comments »
My latest post is up at the Religion Dispatches blog, about the complexities of praying namaz in public: “Praying in Fear.”
Also check out this lovely video “Forbidden Love” (h-t Safiyya.)
Posted in Islam, USA, gender, social science on February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Religion Dispatches website has launched today. My story, “A square yard of fabric makes a boring, foreign SAHM” has also been published. “How not to rescue Muslim women” is the most popular post so far!
Posted in Islam, USA, gender, religion on January 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
At the new Religion Dispatches blog, read my post “How not to rescue Muslim women.”
Posted in Islam, USA, gender on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Baraka has a promising new literary project in the pipeline that I’m excited to offer a plug for here. If you are American, Muslim and a woman, consider writing about your courtship and marriage for this anthology.
Enough has been said *about* Muslim women. Let them speak of their own lives themselves.
Hurry! The deadline is January [...]
