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Emancipating gender By Katherine Wilson, January 3, 2012 |
I believe that the concept of emancipation doesn’t begin and end with gaining freedom from physical bondage. There is another deeper layer to this word; a person is truly emancipated when she can think, believe, speak and act without any influence or constraint. I cling to Islam to shape my emancipation—my liberation from my gender and my transcendence into a state of complete submission to God.  ( ) |
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A peace prize for all? By Enith Morillo, December 23, 2011 |
What do butterflies, Javed Mohammed, and the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners have in common? The answer: Purpose! The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women has been observed on November 25th since 1960 (although officially designated as such by the United Nations in 1989), its roots deeply seated in the brutal death by beating of the Dominican Mirabal sisters. ( ) |
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The ambivalence of a toothbrush By Mona Sheikh, December 5, 2011 |
<< From the AltMuslimah Archives >>
Re-reading Islamic textual sources is not the simple answer to patriarchal interpretations and practices among Muslims. The answer is beyond that of gender and linguistics. It is more fundamentally about broadening our concepts of religion and revelation. Muslim women should take the lead challenging narrow ideas about who has “religious” authority. ( ) |
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Reading the Qur’an in a Muslim way By Hussein Rashid, November 30, 2011 |
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All religious texts are open to interpretation and new readings. Our understanding of the text is not bound to a moment, nor is it fixed. It is dynamic and not in English. ( ) |
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Penn State – A mom’s perspective: Questions we should be asking By Samar Kaukab Ahmad, November 15, 2011 |
Although I am an avowed Ohio State Buckeyes fan for life, the Penn State football child sex abuse case shook me to the core. As many pundits, bloggers and avid Facebook users are finally beginning to point out, this case is not about a college football legacy - this is about a system wide failure to protect children from the lifelong damage of sexual abuse. ( ) |
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Broken but not shattered By Jameelah X. Medina, October 6, 2011 |
I was married to the perfect monster. I met him at 19 and was immediately charmed by his chivalrous and mild-mannered temperament. Within a year we married and he continued to shower me with affection, opening doors for me, combing my hair, running my bath water, and many times even bathing me. Along with tending to me in these small, sweet ways, he also taught me how to accept romantic love from a man since I had never experienced it before. This blissful honeymoon stage lasted less than a year. ( ) |
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Domestic violence and our bystander culture By Qudsia Jafree, August 24, 2011 |
Last August, a woman was gunned down outside my agency’s headquarters in New Jersey. She was shot 16 times through the back, in front of her two young children. Inevitably, it was established that she was a victim of domestic violence. At the time, she had attempted to do all the right things to leave her violent home for a place of safety – she had a restraining order against her abuser, was in the process of obtaining a divorce and even enrolled in nursing school to ensure financial independence. However, all this was ultimately not enough to save her life. ( ) |
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Domestic violence in the month of mercy By Anas Coburn, August 17, 2011 |
“I have to fast for fifteen hours and you don’t give me fifteen minutes to eat my suhoor! You don’t care. You’re lazy. Just get up a little earlier. And I swear you’d better do it quietly, because I don’t get to bed before midnight because of the late Tarawih prayers. You want to have a roof over your head? Then you’d better make sure I get up in time to make it to work at 8:00. I have to sleep after fajr a little bit just to function. You know that. How do you expect me to wake up after so little sleep if you are going to whisper so softly? If I’m late for work and get trouble from my boss, it will be because you couldn’t be bothered to wake me on time.” ( ) |
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Inviting rape? By Altaf Saadi, August 3, 2011 |
Recently, a friend shared with me that her undergraduate Muslim student group had declined to cosponsor a Take Back the Night event - an internationally held rally or candlelight vigil that speaks out against rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse. The reason given was that a Muslimah in the group felt that it would be "endorsing the way these women dress and behave." ( ) |
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