http://www.altmuslimah.com Both sides of the gender divide en-us asma.uddin@altmuslimah.com Copyright 2010 Halalfire Media 2010-09-03T13:00:56+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_plight_of_pakistani_women_at_the_height_of_disaster/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_plight_of_pakistani_women_at_the_height_of_disaster/#When:12:00:56Z 2010-09-03T12:00:56+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/attitudes_toward_autism_in_the_muslim_community/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/attitudes_toward_autism_in_the_muslim_community/#When:14:30:33Z 2010-09-01T14:30:33+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_crusades_in_a_new_light/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_crusades_in_a_new_light/#When:11:00:10Z 2010-08-30T11:00:10+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/non-desi_like_me/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/non-desi_like_me/#When:10:21:25Z Part of me wants to apologize for the relative melodrama of this title. I concede, of course, that my own experiences pale in comparison to the racially-based oppression John Howard Griffin recorded in his famous account of segregation in the American South. That said, all we have to share is our own perspectives and individual tribulations, and I feel the banality of my own need not suppress their relevance. There is a tacit expectation that converting to a new religion necessitates an alteration of your own culture. 2010-08-27T10:21:25+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/female_prayer_leaders_and_islamic_feminism/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/female_prayer_leaders_and_islamic_feminism/#When:03:33:27Z Omenya Ayad's arguments in her article, “Women Leading Men's Prayer: Defying Inequality or Proving Insecurity,” are seriously flawed. 2010-08-26T03:33:27+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/malaysia_moving_forward_in_matters_of_islam_and_women/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/malaysia_moving_forward_in_matters_of_islam_and_women/#When:09:00:45Z 2010-08-25T09:00:45+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_for_week_of_august_23rd_2010/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_for_week_of_august_23rd_2010/#When:15:06:15Z This week, A Bangladesh court ruled that people cannot be forced to wear religious clothing, a youth organization in Massachusetts urges officials for more comprehensive cultural sensitivity training of teachers, Emirati women frequent hair salons less during the month of Ramadan, and the Christian Science Monitor describes the pro-women's rights stance of one of the leaders behind the proposed Islamic center near ground zero. 2010-08-24T15:06:15+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/back_to_the_future_of_sex_the_return_of_abstinence/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/back_to_the_future_of_sex_the_return_of_abstinence/#When:11:30:41Z 2010-08-23T11:30:41+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/part_2_an_interracial_marriage_over_my_dead_body/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/part_2_an_interracial_marriage_over_my_dead_body/#When:21:00:10Z 2010-08-20T21:00:10+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/altmuslimahs_asma_uddin_featured_in_online_italian_magazine_minareti.it/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/altmuslimahs_asma_uddin_featured_in_online_italian_magazine_minareti.it/#When:17:30:24Z Musulmana americana che ha lottato per trovare la sua identità, Asma Uddin è la fondatrice e direttrice del sito internet americano http://www.altmuslimah.com oltre ad essere un avvocato che lavora per la difesa della libertà religiosa. Minareti.it l'ha incontrata. 2010-08-20T17:30:24+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_big_cost_of_big_love_a_scholarly_analysis/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_big_cost_of_big_love_a_scholarly_analysis/#When:19:14:59Z 2010-08-18T19:14:59+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/a_centrist_view_on_same-sex_marriageif_such_a_view_exists/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/a_centrist_view_on_same-sex_marriageif_such_a_view_exists/#When:16:22:14Z The debate is on! Two articles are up on Altmuslimah, each taking one of two sides on this controversial contemporary issue – should Muslim-Americans support same-sex marriage or not? 2010-08-18T16:22:14+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/part_i_an_interracial_marriage_over_my_dead_body/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/part_i_an_interracial_marriage_over_my_dead_body/#When:10:00:26Z 2010-08-18T10:00:26+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_for_week_of_august_16th_2010/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_for_week_of_august_16th_2010/#When:14:51:50Z This week, the government of Afghanistan releases statistics on alarmingly high suicide attempt rates by Afghan women, and an Islamic theologian recounts his experience on a nudist beach that led to his conversion to Islam. 2010-08-17T14:51:50+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_week_of_august_9th_2010/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/news_briefs_week_of_august_9th_2010/#When:04:40:37Z The holy month of Ramadan commenced this week, and a British imam tells BBC News that pregnant women are exempt from fasting during this month if it poses health risks to the mother or her baby. Health professionals observe that many pregnant women still continue to fast, even with knowledge of this provision, as they find it harder to make up for the missed fasts when the month is over because no one else in their families is fasting along with them. A study found that pregnant women who fast are likely to have smaller babies who are more prone to learning disabilities in adulthood. 2010-08-17T04:40:37+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/ramadan_a_wifes_perspective_and_a_husbands/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/ramadan_a_wifes_perspective_and_a_husbands/#When:04:37:03Z My husband’s heavy breathing assures me he is sound asleep. I cautiously tiptoe out of the darkened bedroom, careful not to stub yet another toe on a piece of furniture, and make my way downstairs to the kitchen. As I begin to prepare the French toast and tea, warm smells fill the first floor of our home, but at this early hour they do not strike me as appetizing: it is 4:30 a.m. and I am putting together my and my husband’s sehri. 2010-08-17T04:37:03+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/muslim_americans_should_not_oppose_legalization_of_same_sex_marriage/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/muslim_americans_should_not_oppose_legalization_of_same_sex_marriage/#When:09:00:44Z 2010-08-16T09:00:44+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/ramadan_a_wifes_perspective_and_a_husbands/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/ramadan_a_wifes_perspective_and_a_husbands/#When:19:11:32Z When my husband finally makes his way down the stairs, my frustration abates and he and I sit across from each other and share our early morning meal. We speak intermittently and keep one eye trained on the clock to ensure we finish our food by the time dawn prayers begin. Despite the sparse conversation and the hurried meal, I enjoy the feeling that we are both beginning our obligatory fasts together, as a unit. 2010-08-13T19:11:32+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/muslims_dont_support_same-sex_marriage/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/muslims_dont_support_same-sex_marriage/#When:09:00:26Z 2010-08-13T09:00:26+00:00 http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_face_we_cant_ignore_women_in_afghanistan/ http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/the_face_we_cant_ignore_women_in_afghanistan/#When:08:30:37Z Rafia Zakaria 2010-08-11T08:30:37+00:00