News briefs for week of August 3, 2009
This week, an alternative view of honor killings from Canada, a niqabi love doctor in Dubai, and a legal crusade against an indecent talker in Lebanon.
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Divorce among American Muslims: Statistics, challenges & solutions
“Divorce is on the rise in the Muslim community,” said Imam Mohamed Magid. “We have seen an increase in divorce from people married for a while and those married for a short time,” he said, adding that Muslims across the board are getting divorced in higher numbers.
Read MoreHeroes: Fearless and Inspiring
As a special gift for my 42nd birthday I met two awe-inspiring women in Kuala Lumpur. We were in the Malaysian capital to attend the second gathering of WISE – Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, a program aimed at improving the status of Muslim women around the world.
Read MoreAsra Nomani’s big fat Muslim wedding
Whenever I encounter Asra Nomani’s works or see her in an interview, I usually wonder,“What is her point?” I don’t say this derisively. Is she trying to speak about gender inequality among the ummah? Is she trying to deal with gender norms in her own South Asian community?
Read MoreNews briefs for week of July 27, 2009
This week, Sudanese women arrested for wearing pants, gauging the few burqa wearers in France (a few hundred, perhaps) and using burqas to escape threats while running for office in Afghanistan.
Read MoreNews briefs for week of July 20, 2009
This week, an Islamic response to sex education for 5 year olds, the differences between honor killings and domestic violence, and what the price of oil has to do with the oppression of women.
Read MoreFree Shadi Sadr, uphold women’s rights
Shadi Sadr’s arrest represents a severe blow to the Iranian women’s movement, an important element of the pro-democracy cause in Iran and one of the leading tides in the overall reformist movement.
Read MoreNews briefs for week of July 13, 2009
This week, more post-Sherbini hijab solidarity (and a plea against its politicization), greater rights for women in polygynous marriages in South Africa, and no Eid public holidays in New York City schools, says Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Read MoreThe cudgel of faith
What do Sarkozy and Mullah Muhammad Omar have in common? A penis! (They do not share one penis. They each have their own penis. They share the context of the penis-owning.) What does all their thinking? A penis! Why? Because they worship it. Omar worships from fear and Sarkozy worships for a promised reward.
Read MoreAmerican photographer depicts Islamic world in 40,000 snapshots
Altmuslimah Contributing Photographer Derek Brown was recently featured in Today’s Zaman. Brown — who took around 40,000 photographs in 30 countries with large Muslim populations throughout his project — summed up his journey as “an extraordinary experience that I will remember until the end of my life.”
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