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Category Archives: misconceptions
Guest post at WoodTurtle: “The Right of the Inquiring Feminine”
WoodTurtle, who is amazing and fabulous, (AND JUST GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND CHILD, subhan’Allah!! Inappropriate announcement? Suck it, patriarchy! …That has to do with the post. You’ll see) graciously invited me to guest post. If you are interested in … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, herstory, Islam, misconceptions
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Patriarchal Hypocrisy and Shifts of Privilege: The Qur’an and the Woman’s Perspective
Islam, like most religions at conception, was produced to liberate the oppressed before it was seized by oppressors and weaponized against those who had discovered a restoration of freedom and rights through it. The most striking, recurring incident of this … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Islam, misconceptions, privilege, Quran
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Taken Out of Context: the Feminization of Divinity
I’ve received questions, a couple in passing and one in an email, regarding the intense opposition in the Qur’an against worshipping female deities as well as the incidental clarification that angels are not female (chapter 53) and the apparent misogyny … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, interpretation, Islam, misconceptions, Quran
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Interpretation: the Qur’an as a Holistic Text
A methodological approach that has been mentioned on this site numerous times in passing is the consideration of the Qur’an holistically; that is, each verse contains the message of the entire Qur’an within it. One verse cannot be isolated from … Continue reading
Posted in interpretation, Islam, misconceptions, Quran, social justice
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Women in Islamic History: the Unlawful Erosion of Monogamy and the Correlating Objectification of Women
After divorce or widowhood, women in the first Muslim societies married and remarried without the disparagement of social stigma. It was not until the Abbasid era, upon the conquering of immensely patriarchal cultures and the expansive harems that arose in … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, herstory, Islam, marriage, misconceptions, Muslims, privilege
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On the Compatibility of Islam and Feminism: A Response to the Goatmilk Debate
I received two emails yesterday inquiring as to what I thought about the Goatmilk debate on the compatibility of Islam and feminism. Seeing as the argument of the opposition was a collection of the usual pedestrian perspectives that conclude the … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, interpretation, Islam, misconceptions, Muslims, privilege, social justice
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When we NEED Shari’a Law in the United States
Dun, dun, DUUUUUN! When there was paranoid talk of the ‘creeping Shari’a‘ in the U.S. I responded with the usual scoffing and eye-rolling and exasperated exclamations of you totally do not even know what Shari’a is and also that is … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Islam, misconceptions, Muslims
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Inequality Resulting from the Separation of Moral and Social Spheres
For an overwhelming number of verses, the Qur’an holds men and women equally accountable in communal spheres of responsibilities such as upholding equity and securing justice (4:135), contrary to the misconception that women are not expected to maintain financial security … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, Islam, misconceptions, Quran
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Enforcements by the Prophet of the Principles of Equality in Islam, and the Leveling of the Feminine
Once the Prophet was with a man whose young son came to him, and the man kissed his son and lifted him onto his lap. Then the man’s daughter came and he sat her in front of him. The Prophet … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, herstory, Islam, misconceptions, Muslims
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The Western Muslim Woman, Part III
The last installment. This little series has felt quite tentative, possibly because I’d attempted to discuss an expansive subject in three parts. An appreciative ‘thank you’ to anyone who tolerated the disorganized writing and disheveled thoughts between essays and finals. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, identity, Islam, misconceptions, Muslims, privilege, race
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