{"id":1025,"date":"2013-12-08T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/12\/why-islam-needs-more-mipsterz.html"},"modified":"2013-12-08T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T20:28:00","slug":"why-islam-needs-more-mipsterz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/12\/why-islam-needs-more-mipsterz.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Islam Needs More ‘Mipsterz’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
When I saw the \u201cMipsterz\u201d video, \u201cSomewhere In America,\u201d I thought to myself, \u201cThis is me.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
I may not wear hijab. I may not go to the mosque every Friday. But I am an American Muslim, and this video illustrates just one of the many ways that it\u2019s possible to be one.<\/span><\/div>\n
However, other Muslims are often the very individuals that make it most difficult for members of the community to authentically express themselves, as the Twitter storm over \u201c#mipsterz<\/a>\u201d has demonstrated.<\/span><\/div>\n
In short, the\u00a02-and-a-half minute film<\/a>\u00a0features strong, fashionably dressed, confident young women wearing hijab as they hang out, pose, laugh, and explore, with the Jay-Z song \u201cSomewhere In America\u201d as their soundtrack.<\/span><\/div>\n
A predictable wave of op-eds promptly followed the release of \u201cSomewhere In America\u201d that bashed the video, its \u201cmessage\u201d or lack thereof, its participants, its intent, and everything else about it. Some of the criticisms are valid, but the immediate outrage and the rapid judgement need to stop if the Muslim community hopes to move forward. The lazy backlash against this innovative video just discourages further creativity, generating a chilling effect on progressive dialogue.<\/span><\/div>\n
Read the rest here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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