Via WorldPulse: I just received word from the international human rights campaign, Stop Child Executions , that Delara Darabi, a young artist who has been in Rasht prison for the last five years in Iran, is at great risk of imminent execution. A few days ago, she was told by prison authorities to prepare herself as she would be executed any day. Her lawyer, Abdolsamad Khoramshahi, is convinced that if she were to be given a new trial whereby they... Read more
Salam waleykum, readers! We made it to the finals! Click here to vote for us in the finals. Polls are open tonight until midnight, I believe. Thanks for all your support! 😀 Read more
epiphanies critically looks at Swedish women’s groups’ messages to Muslim women. A nurse in Zaria, Nigeria has been fired from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital because of issues with her hejab. Muslim organizations have demanded her reinstatement. The nurse in question speaks out here, while the officials who fired her clarify their position. A two-year-old girl’s aunt beats her to death and then is forced to remove her hejab for her mugshot. May Allah give the girl peace and... Read more
If you think that divorce brings shame and stigma squarely upon women only in conservative societies, think again. Because according to a ”news” report published in the Malaysian tabloid, Metro Ahad, celebrity divorcees are apparently the hottest thing on the market at the moment. I usually read the stuff on local tabloids with a pinch of salt, but I take issue when the seriousness of divorce and disrespect for divorced women are glossed over for sake of entertainment gossip. The... Read more
I wrote a post last week on the flogging that took place in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and my thoughts on the video. This week, Randy Cohen, a columnist for The New York Times, wrote a piece on the ethics of what took place in Pakistan, as well as the recent law proposed in Afghanistan. While I thought the premise of the essay was not terribly bad (“what do we deem to be tolerable and intolerable?”), the angle at which Cohen... Read more
I’m not a dog person, or a cat person, or a pet person. But I love horses, so naturally I perked up when I saw a headline about a blind Muslim woman who uses one as a guide. Then I realized the headline specified, “Muslim woman”, and my wandering mind came back from my daydream of open fields and wild horses to the actual headline: “Tiny horse trains as a guide for blind Muslim woman.” Why mention she’s Muslim? Ah,... Read more
A few weeks ago, the news of a new law for Shi’a Muslims in Afghanistan was met with outrage in governments and media around the world. This law would, among other things, force women to have sex with their husbands and obligate them to seek permission for activities outside the house. News since then has indicated that the law will be reviewed. I hope that this is a situation where the widespread condemnation will actually force a change in the... Read more
Salam waleykum, readers! We’ve been nominated in the Canadian F-Word Blog Awards. F is for feminist, naturally. We have been nominated as Best Feminist Blog–International. A great big thank you to those who nominated us. The first round of voting starts today (April 11th) and will continue until April 14th. If we make it past that round, then we have to weather the second round, which will be April 18-19. Winners will be announced April 25th. We’re up against some... Read more
Even other Muslims are hating on the bus-using niqabis in Denmark. Brotherhood, huh? The Kipp Report outlines why Saudis are having such a difficult time with women working. Arab News examines the negative impact of the law on non-Saudi women. Nuseiba weighs in on why feminists need to get down with the hijab. More fallout from the Karzai’s legal fuckery. He says the law might change because it’s under review. Palestinian women take reconstruction into their own hands, literally. In... Read more
The recent release of a video showing the flogging of a girl by the Taliban in Pakistan has created a stir across the web. Various articles have been published about it, both on mainstream news sites and blogs. The reason for the whipping remains unclear: media outlets report intercourse before marriage, rejection of a marriage proposal, and going outside without a male escort as the possible reasons for the flogging. Whatever the Taliban’s reasoning for the flogging, the video itself... Read more
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