This “spotlight” may also explain the success of these sites and organisations which, Asma Uddin of Altmuslimah insists, are taking issues that were previously restricted to academic circles and the masses and Muslim women are dealing with them in their daily lives.
Altmuslimah's Sarah Jawaid discussed modesty and the burqa ban on NPR. Though the burqa and niqab have made news in recent months, Islam is only one of many religions that connect modesty to faith with specific garments. Many Mormons, Amish, Orthodox Jews and Christians promote modest appearance, among men and women, to various degrees.
Altmuslimah's Asma Uddin addressed Muslim's women's right to religious freedom at St. Thomas University's Symposium on Islamic Law and Constitutional Liberties
Altmuslimah's Asma Uddin spoke at the University of Delaware about being a female, Muslim lawyer. Read about a student's perspective here, and from the moderator's perspective below.
Media Advisory: Asma Uddin Speaking at United Nations panel parallel to Commission on Status of Women meeting in New York. Post-event coverage can be found here.
Altmuslimah has officially launched its photographic campaign - aimed at providing an alternative to the dominant media image of oppressed Muslim women and angry Muslim men. In partnership with Altmuslimah, One Nation will be posting each new video every other week.
"Also, Altmuslimah.com shares this interesting take on Nomani's interaction with MPAC's Edina Lekovic, which is featured in the documentary: 'Lekovic goes on to say that by pushing this issue, Nomani risks distracting from more important indicators of women's empowerment in their mosques - women serving on the mosque's governing board'"
"What makes Altmuslimah different is its combination of journalistic and academic perspectives with deeply private looks into our identity struggles vis-à-vis both Muslims and non-Muslims," says Asma Uddin, Editor-in-Chief of Altmuslimah.com.
"AltMuslimah provides well-written articles that address issues about which there has previously been either silence, or apologia that miss the impact these issues have on the lives of women, men, and children."
News Briefs for the week of July 24, 2010 - This week, Saudi clerics seek more Muslim maids and say its okay for women to uncover their faces in the presence of burqa bans. Two French women in burqinis were refused entry into a pool, and two Muslim women in England are not allowed onto a public bus. (July 27, 2010) (0 comments)
News Briefs for the week of July 10, 2010 - This week, a British parliamentarian gets on the anti-burqa bandwagon, A French businessman seeks to pay all burqa fines imposed in France, building of a mosque in California is heavily opposed, and a woman judge is appointed to Malaysia’s Islamic Court. (July 12, 2010) (0 comments)
Reporting from Kashmir: Restless nights of inner and outer noise - These women would not stand down. They stood together, young and old, fueled by grief and craving to be heard. The army sat across the street, staring them down while they kept shouting “Azaadi, Azaadi,” (Freedom, Freedom). (July 8, 2010) (0 comments)
Reporting from Kashmir: My pen is my mace - I spoke to some of the women and their enthusiasm for journalism was inspiring. They shared that it was difficult for them to break into it because it tends to be a boy’s club. But they continue writing because they are “passionate” about it. (July 6, 2010) (0 comments)
Reporting from Kashmir: An abode of saints - After my INTACH meeting, we met up with the founder of the HELP foundation, the luminous, Nighat Shafi. She gave us an overview of all of her work, creating a home for mentally disabled children, widows, and schools. Her team also talked about their work in villages, providing grants for job training and scholarship. (July 6, 2010) (0 comments)
