The Burqa Experience: Collinsville, Alabama – Purposely Veiling For the First Time

February 1, 2013 By 4 Comments
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by Calulu Today is World Hijab Day. This is how the BBC describes the purpose of Non-Muslim ladies veiling for today. World Hijab Day is designed to counteract these controversies. It encourages non-Muslim women (or even Muslim women who do not ordinarily wear one) to don the hijab and experience what it’s like to do [...]

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The Burqa Experience: Bessemer, Alabama – The Accidental Start of the Project

January 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
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by Calulu Bessemer Alabama – The Accidental Start of the Project This holiday season I’d been traveling around the southern part of the US to see various family and friends. Our travels took me from Texas through Virginia, going through many of the southern states. Initially I thought I would start

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Quoting Quiverfull: Men Robbed?

January 16, 2013 By 11 Comments
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QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers

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Are you part of the pants, pants revolution?

January 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
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by Sierra 2012-13 is the Winter of the Pants. Will you join the party? On December 16, 2012, Mormon feminists declared Wear Pants to Church Day, inviting participants to, well, wear pants to church, ‘in solidarity with those of us who seek gender equality everywhere, including the LDS church. And when

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Modesty, Body Policing and Empowerment: The Hijab (Part One)

January 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Sierra The Guardian recently published an article by Nadiya Takolia titled “The hijab has liberated me from society’s expectations of women.” It’s far from the first of its kind; indeed, the Muslim feminist blogosphere is really

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