As if it matters, *this* barrier can be seen here. As the Prophet did, we are meant to pray with no barrier. Incidentally, what is it with men who look for every way possible to accommodate their own unprecedented preferences so they can squeeze as much privilege out of it as they can?
Author: TFF
Patriarchy in the (Peripheral) Workplace
My coworkers and I are rather fond of each other. I'm very lucky that way, and seeing as I'm one of those women who have always drawn a distinct line between their personal and professional lives, it's really saying something as to how wonderful these women are. They're both white women, and when one of …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri
Did you know the first institution granting academic degrees in the world was founded by a Muslim woman? Of course you didn't. Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri's university, the University of Qarawiyyin in Fes, Morocco, is still in operation today. It is the world's oldest institution of education to continually operate, and after its construction in 859, …
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Removed from Societal Context: Verse 33:53, the Veil, and the role of Umar
Umar, the only corrupted caliph of the first four, publicized stoning as a punishment for adultery, a penal ordinance that does not appear in the Qur’an and was delivered by the Prophet in cases when the adulterer was non-Muslim, such as the case of a Jewish woman in Medina whose people had agreed to an …
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You have the right to bear children.
You have the right to bear children. No one may enter your body and alter the state of your existence with an entitled twist of cold medical instruments. If you are impoverished, you have the right to bear children. If you are disabled, you have the right to bear children. If you are of color, …
State of Israel Devises Ethnic Cleansing of Ethiopian Jews and Palestinians
Ayelet Shaked is a parliament member and lawmaker in Israel, the settler state built on Palestinian land, who remarked that all Palestinian mothers "have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists," appearing unaware that her agenda and occupation of Palestinian land breeds the "terrorists" intent on …
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Imitating the Appearances of People of Color
I've been thinking about appropriation--not just cultural appropriation, but of a variation of appropriation that is equally if not just a little more sinister: the appropriation of appearance. This is something that is bodily, involves policing the autonomy itself of women of color, and results in valuing the woman wearing the imitation more than the …
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the fatal feminist 