Originally I planned on writing a different entry today, on Islam, but this has kept emerging ever since the last entry about the subject.You wouldn't object if I crushed a cockroach. This is hypocritical, and proves that you don't respect all living things equally as you claim.You probably wouldn’t torture the cockroach before you killed …
Continue reading Questions I’ve Been Asked About Animal Rights
A classmate I had just met and I went down to one of the university coffee shops during our break, and she ordered an iced chai latte with soy. I stood patiently at the back waiting for her, and let the both of us out as she emerged."You didn't get anything?" she asked while we …
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Is it better to be polite and swallow down your fury--a truth--to appease to those making tone arguments, those who are wrongfully in power, those who oppress you with murder and rape and different forms of silent but deadly manifested violence, and to work within the system to change it, or is it better to …
Because the Qur'an was revealed in Arabic there's consensus in the Islamic community that Arabs who speak Arabic from birth and are fluent in the language know the Qur'an best. Consequently, Arab religious leaders are viewed as more authentic compared to religious leaders of other ethnic groups. And it trickles down. (Or up.) Arabic is …
Continue reading Language Supremacy, Power and Authority in Islam
I am not good with ultimatums. I once told myself, If anyone is anti-choice, I can't be friends with him/her. But then I met someone anti-choice, and dammit I had to like her. She was kind and sweet and fascinated with astronomy. (Also I am convinced that in the future she will change her mind.) …
Continue reading Prevalent Perceptions on Animal Rights, and on Vegetarians & Vegans
She built a pilgrimage route to Mecca from Baghdad, constructed Mecca's water supply, and financed the construction of several different cities. She was notorious for her generosity, and for the water supply in particular, a series of pools and wells along the route to Mecca. She was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women …
Continue reading Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Zubaidah bint Ja’fr
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