When I was very little, I attended Quranic classes at the mosque with other small children. On one occasion, I stood lined up for prayer while the instructor lectured on prayer etiquette. It was midsummer in California. The heat was almost unbearable. My hair was uncovered, but I was wearing a sweater, and I felt …
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The radical notion that women are people.
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 reading, please follow the link.
the fatal feminist
The title of this site is a play on the femme fatale. And a reclamation. The femme fatale is nearly always a deadly feminist. Naturally in stories constructed by patriarchal societies she is ultimately destroyed by her own sexuality. Because how dare she seize control of her own sexuality and weaponize it against men… only …
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 confiscation of perspective and unashamed hypocrisy is the application of verse 2:282 (which calls for …
They are coming for the vote.
FOX News is not fringe. It is mainstream. I knew this was happening the minute the Equal Pay Act in Wisconsin was repealed. Did you think it would stop at legalizing rape and challenging Roe vs. Wade? They voted against the Violence Against Women Act, they filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act, they have persistently attacked …
Loving this World, Work, and the Privilege of Contemplation
Religious leaders during sermons often advise their congregations not to love this world, explicably sensing that love of this world will replace the love of God. While this is a justifiable claim—people enraptured in the material often experience emptiness which they attempt to fill with more material, believing they are achieving what the material superficially …
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attitudes toward women in the masjid
Consider the following passage, Women attended the mosques as men attended. Hind bint Usayd ibn Hudayr al-Ansariyyah learnt surah Qaf from hearing the Prophet recite it in the prayer. Ibn Jabir and Uthman ibn Abi l-Atikah says: Umm al-Darda was an orphan under the guardianship of Abu l-Darda; she used to come to the mosques …
the fatal feminist 