It has been brought to my attention that my article "A woman has the absolute right to voice her frustrations against a Prophet. Sit. Down." has garnered ableist comments with which AJ anchor Sana Seed agreed. In addition to appreciating the opinion of a man who devalued those who are "mentally ill" and have "meltdowns," …
Category: patriarchy
The Meaning of Love
I'm so unimpressed with people who appropriate claiming they "love the culture"—do you think I'm not in love with dreamcatchers and afros? I manage to control myself, because there is this thing, that comes with love, called respect. And it involves appreciating that attributes and artifacts you "love" have a history, a deep meaningfulness for …
The “Exemplary Feminist” Complex
Please don't use Muslim women protesting authoritarian laws as examples of "feminism done right." Women in Iran are not little pawns for bitter white ladies to use in order to gripe about third wave feminism in the US because they think sexual misconduct allegations have gone too far. (We're also on like, the 5th wave …
In the Qur’an, the excuses of oppressed men for violence against women are insufficient.
The vast majority of Muslim men, whether from previously/currently colonized nations or otherwise, live in patriarchal cultures; the Qur’an itself addresses this, for example, when demanding to know why men have buried their daughters alive or when protecting women from accusations of adultery. However, when confronted with this reality, men pretend that they weren’t patriarchal …
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Article: “It’s Time to Stop Acting like Women are the Reason Islamophobia Exists”
In what world is it okay to implicate Muslim women in white supremacy? How does a Muslim man muster up the immodesty to tell a Muslim woman outraged about sexual assault that she’s an agent for white supremacy? That she should watch her words because white men are listening? What, exactly, is she meant to …
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the fatal feminist 