I have not been able to contribute as frequently to this site. This is because I spent many hours this past week thinking about writing the short story I was assigned for class. In fact, I spent so much time thinking about writing it that I may have forgotten the due date was approaching. I …
Eid al-Adha: Commemorating a Dismantling of Patriarchy
Today is the Day of Arafat, a day of repentance preceding Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is a solemn festival to commemorate God’s intervention on the sacrifice of Isma’il (Ishmael) by his father Ibrahim (Abraham) resulting in the sacrifice of a goat instead of a son. The festival starts after Muslims on the hajj pilgrimage descend …
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To Keep in Mind Tomorrow
I really love this campaign against the stereotyping and appropriation of non-White cultures for Halloween costumes. And then this one! Okay, the first time I saw that I cringed. My instinct was that the intention of the message was to disparage, in a "cute" way (oh look! her culture is magic!), especially since it appears …
Intentional Malice: The Exclusiveness of the Sexes, Collapsing of Sex and Gender, and the Superiority of the Male
I want to talk about a verse that has appeared on this site without previous examination because it is so clear in its meaning, and extract from it a deeper understanding of the Quranic approach to sex and gender and these supposed strict “gender roles” that patriarchs insist are dictated in the Qur’an. Reverence Your …
“Men on the right think women are private property. Men on the left think women are public property.” –Toonces
(Image: Women stand beneath a sign that reads "Come In and Learn Why Women Ought to Vote"; meanwhile, a man films them with a camera labeled "Girls Gone Wild.") If you haven't heard of Steven Greenstreet, you're not missing anything. He's the typical mansplaining sexist masquerading as a progressive; specifically, he's the idiot who thought …
Important Questions
Is the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk a cannibal, or is he of an entirely different species than humans? (Also, I never understood why we're supposed to sympathize with Jack--he's a total ass. I get it, he's poor--but after you had the golden eggs, why would you come back for the harp?! He didn't …
AntiDogmaSpray: Fatima, oh, Beloved Fatima.
Go read this article by Khadeeja. (Reproduced below.) Last night I attended a talk by somebody who had done his doctorate on Sayyidinah Fatima. It was a lecture which brought alive the historical sources. You know when you listen to somebody speak and an hour passes in a blur? Took me back to being in …
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the fatal feminist 