From the Pink Chaddi Campaign to What-Color-Is-Your-Bra? to Boobquake, Facebook’s edgier women’s campaigns are brilliant in gathering tens of thousands of supporters in a matter of days, but are they ultimately helping or hurting the feminist cause?
Read MoreLe Monde, France 24 and Le Nouvel Observateur covered Franco-Moroccan artist Majida Khattari’s Parisian runway show/art exhibit in April. Her show was titled “VIP” (for Voile islamique parisien) and took place at Paris’ Cité Universitaire. The show was atypical of Parisian shows in its choice of subject: a series of veils.
Read MoreIn the news, a new Arab feminist network holds its first conference, a Mali Imam receives threats after backing women’s rights, films on Islamic law and women are released in Indonesia, Pakistan considers a ban on domestic violence, a vigil is held in New York for slain victim of domestic violence, Italian police slap a 500-Euro fine on a woman for wearing a veil, and a court in San Francisco says holding cells are not covered by religious freedom laws.
Read MoreThe traditions rooted in beliefs about modesty and possession aren’t going to change because someone wrote an ordinance about acceptable clothing.
Read MoreI am not naive to think that this process of change will proceed quickly, or will not suffer from set backs. But change is happening – driven by courageous Muslim women and men who are fighting back against narrow, restrictive interpretations of their religion that prevent a full role for women in society
Read MoreFor some women, the niqab is a religious obligation rather than a cultural one. Not only is Belgium taking away these women’s personal freedom to choose how to dress themselves, but it’s also denying these women the right to practice their religion as they see fit.
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Read MoreThis week, authorities arrest a man in connection with a bomb scare in Times Square, Belgian politicians ban face veils, a group of Afghan school girls is allegedly poisoned and a divorced Saudi woman studying abroad loses custody of her child.
Read MoreMy checking off the headcovering question on the matchmaker’s questionnaire made the search more interesting, but not necessarily more efficient.
Read MoreNadiah Mohajir has made a compelling case for why Muslim schools should offer sex education for their youth to avoid unfortunate misunderstandings and problems. But the question is – how can we do this? Is the syllabus really good enough to address these problems? As a teacher and a parent, I had my own concerns with the issue of sex education in Great Britain, and wonder how it can be incorporated into Islamic education.
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