I don’t really care about the outrage I’m going to spark, but before I spark it, I want to briefly mention that my understanding of haraam does not contrast starkly with halaal. In the thoughts of most Muslims, “haraam” translates to “forbidden.” Most of you know already that I subscribe to moral absolutes, i.e. I …
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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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White Feminists Prioritize Race Over Sex: on Failing to Understand White Feminism
My fever for the past few days is currently at 103°F, so I apologize in advance if this post makes jumps, but it all bears repeating. No one in the history of revolutions has ever placed sex before race, including white women, who consistently prioritize their race over their sex (see: voting for men who've …
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Functions of the Language Barrier as Protest in the Muslim Feminist Jihad
On April 23rd, 2012, Mona Eltahawy wrote an article titled, “Why Do They Hate Us?” to protest the treatment of women in the Middle East. The article, featured in Foreign Policy magazine, prompted a variety of responses, ranging from admiration for the author’s courage to criticism for her portrayal of Egyptian men. In online Islamic …
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“Violent” verses in the Qur’an don’t bother me anymore.
There was a time when I used to read the Qur'an daily for about 30 minutes. When I did this, I noticed myself changing and was forced to reduce the reading to twice a week. When I read "too often," I became calmer, more at peace, and I cared very little about troublesome events or material …
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Jihad on Ruby Avenue
Originally a guest post on Orbala. My favorite masjid is so severely sex-segregated that there isn’t merely a barrier for the women; there’s an entirely separate tiny afterthought of a room. But it’s my favorite because it is in the hills, where the stars are the brightest, next to sheds with horses in them (my …
the fatal feminist 