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Muslim Women’s Shelter Provides Refuge, Support : NPR

Muslim Women’s Shelter Provides Refuge, Support : NPR

June 2, 2011 islamoyankee

Muslim Women’s Shelter Provides Refuge, Support : NPR.

As families come together over the holidays, the victims of domestic abuse are often sequestered in shelters — a situation that’s especially difficult for Muslim women, because few facilities meet their cultural and religious needs.

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Joseph Ward III: A Living Hell: LGBT Iranians and the Islamic State

The Young Conservative’s Hip Hop Guide to Muslims

Muslim Chic

Here is a nice piece from HuffPo that tries to understand why Muslim women wear the hijab. I think it is still a bit essentializing, but overall is very good.

On the Need to be Ethically Committed to being an American Muslim Woman « Ify Okoye

On the Need to be Ethically Committed to being an American Muslim Woman « Ify Okoye. I find it challenging to reconcile between my belief in my faith as one that within limits is both progressive and pragmatic with one that bears no relation to my lived reality. The Islam I believe in respects and encourages women to be full participating members of society. It’s not one, which seeks to restrict women to their houses and limits their opportunities for spiritual growth and development simply due to their gender. That I believe in the equality of the sexes does not detract from an…

Hijab

There is an op-ed written in a NY Urdu language paper (English translation) that deals with the issue of hijab. I’m looking for the Urdu version, but the English translation reminds me very much of what some of the early debate was like in NY in English. You would throw out a whole bunch of arguments and see what would stick. The arguments have become much more sophisticated and targeted, helped both by time and the easy accessibility of more academic material. I think this article is important, not because of what it says, but because of the language and…

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