Comments on: Friday Links — November 28, 2008

By: Aynur

Aynur — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:22:59 +0000

Huh. When I told my hubby about the Australian sheikh arguing men & women should pray together he got very angry, saying that it’s totally against Islam and it’s not right … that people are trying to “change” Islam, blah blah blah. When I tried to explain to him that there’s nothing wrong with women praying behind the men, he goes off on a tangent about women always praying in a balcony or separate area in the mosques in Turkey.
I wonder how many men think that way????? He’s not a woman (obviously), so there’s no way he’s going to see it from a woman’s point of view.

By: Sobia

Sobia — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:13:47 +0000

hahahaha @ the yoga thing. My grandfather’s been doing yoga with Islamic chants/words since he was a teenager. This was when India and Pakistan were still one country and was able to learn from a Hindu yogi. Its not anything new really. I’m sure there are lots of Muslims in South Asia who put an Islamic twist on yoga.

And yoga is an ancient tradition shown to have benefits. I know I believe in it after seeing my grandfather doing it.

By: AG

AG — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:50:29 +0000

The whole question about whether or not yoga constitutes a religious practice has been brought up in the USA, too. Some Christian parents want yoga class banned in public schools because they say it violates the separation of church and state:

http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/schools/ban-yoga-new-york-high-school-1008/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27008935/

By: Aynur

Aynur — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:06:50 +0000

@nosnowhere
Great article, thanks for posting the link.

By: nosnowhere

nosnowhere — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:21:42 +0000

hey girl, thought u might be interested in this if u haven’t seen it yet: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/28/opinion/edartyk.php

also, LMAO re: the “islamic yoga” ! haha. actually i always compare yoga and muslim prayer– because no non-muslim would ever do muslim’s spiritual practice for excersize, even though our prayer incorporates a lot of similiar moves and it’s good for u too.

also also, i was really sad to read that story from detroit … i work with a lot of youth from that community and had overheard bits and pieces of the story here and there (mostly on kid’s facebook walls) but didn’t know the whole thing.

thanks fatemeh for all the great work you do. i appreciate u girl, u are building new worlds for muslim girls.

By: Jana

Jana — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:58:21 +0000

Another award for Elham Shaheeen’s film “Khaltit Fawzyeh”

http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/egypt/238176

By: Fatemeh

Fatemeh — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:07:42 +0000

Aw, shit. I fixed it. Thanks!

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:30:49 +0000

Hey Fatemah, great link-up, just one small clarification:

Youth interviews one of the women behind a new campaign for domestic worker

It’s a male, his name means “lion” in Arabic.