Speaking of love, there is an overused saying that insists, "Love is blind." And to this I've consistently inwardly protested.While research indicates that the saying is more than figurative (suggesting that critical thought areas in the brain are suppressed when we're "feeling love") I've always believed--always knew--that if "love is blind" it is not because …
Tag: Islam
Disregarded Verses: Deciding What is Halaal and Haraam
Lately, I have been reading scholars replying to the written concerns of practicing Muslims, and found that so many of these scholars violate the undeniable orders dictated in the Qur'an by forbidding that which God has not forbidden. And they do this through the use of hadith. As an example of these violations, I've already …
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Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Female Warriors
Muslim women participated fully in war during the early periods of Islam while the Prophet was alive. Some of them healed the wounded, some devised strategies, others were warriors, and others--still--recited war poetry to inspire the troops, (their weapons were words!) and a vast majority attended to all of the above. These stories are hardly …
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Burying Our Daughters Alive
In reference to Arabs burying their infant daughters alive pre-Islam,Now they bury daughters in clothing, culture, rules, and with lashing tongues... I think I'd rather be buried in dirt and be done with it. --CoolredDiscuss.the fatal feminist © Nahida S. N.
"Why don’t you wear hijab?"
For the purpose of this post hijab will refer to the headscarf. I didn't think I'd ever write an entry about this, because I'm quite nonchalant on the matter of hijab and myself (and because I am thoroughly fatigued with the subject of hijab altogether.) But whattheheck, let's get it out there. I highly suspect …
Interfaith Relations: Erasure
Because I'm a religious minority, it is always surprising and pleasant when there is some sort of friendly acknowledgement of my existence in everyday life, outside of depressing news stories. Receiving a Ramadan Mubarak or Ramadan Karim or simply "Happy Ramadan" from distant acquaintances and classmates when I've disclosed I'm on my way to break …
Disregarded Verses: Women as Examples for Men
They are actually proclaimed in the Qur'an as examples for people, but to this day they are considered to have been meant for only women when believing men should also accept them as an ideal to strive toward. Shoshie, Jewish feminist, writes,This shit happens a lot in Jewish commentaries. Women are erased. Exemptions for women …
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