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Conver(t)sations | My Journey to Islam | AUDIO

Many thanks to Ayesha & Asma Ahmad and the George Mason University MSA for inviting several Muslim converts including me … More

Conver(t)sations, converts, George Mason University, GMU, MSA, Muslim Women

Ingrid Mattson | The Importance of Community in Islam

This an oldie but goodie, which I first posted in back in 2006 but with GoogleVideo now defunct, I re-uploaded … More

community, Heaven's Gate, Ingrid Mattson, Muslim Women, postaweek2011

Kingston, Ontario Mosque Signs

At first I was excited by this sign, thinking it was a sign of progress until I spoke to two … More

Kingston, mosque, Muslim Women, Ontario, parition, postaweek2011, Pray In, protest

Book Review | Leila Ahmed | A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence from the Middle East to America

Leila Ahmed is a professor at the Harvard Divinity School and in her latest book A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s … More

Feminism, hijab, Islamist, Leila Ahmed, Muslim Women, postaweek2011, social change, social justice, Veil

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

I was struck by the news this week that one orthodox Jewish newspaper had photoshopped Secretary of State Hillary Clinton … More

American Muslim, culture, gender segregation, Muslim Women, postaweek2011

Hijab-less by Choice, Muslim Women in Their Own Words

NPR: Lifting the Veil It’s always so powerful and inspiring for me to hear people tell their own stories in … More

Choice, hijab, Hijab-less, Muslim Women, postaweek2011

Stop the Hate, Evolution, & Why We Care about Issues

Haters never Prosper In Orange County, California (remind me to strike that off my places to visit other than to … More

Bill Maher, Blasphemy, Darwin, Heresy, Islamophobia, Muslim Women, postaweek2011, Theory of Evolution

Un-Mosqued | Leaving the Mosque Behind

Leaving the Mosque Behind We are leaving. Leaving what? Leaving Islam for some, leaving the mosque and and sense of … More

mosques, Muslim Community, Muslim Women, postaweek2011, prayer space, PrayinProtest, un-mosqued

Muslim Link: Breaking the Ranks or Peaceful Protest?

The Muslim Link has finally decided to take up the issue of the Pray In movement through an article in … More

Dar al Hijrah, gender issues, gender segregation, Islamic Center of Washington DC, Muslim Link, Muslim Women, Pray In, prayer space

Stand In at D.C. Islamic Center

Police Officer Barry Goodwin squatted next to a woman finishing her prayers inside the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. He … More

D.C. Islamic Center, gender segregation, Muslim Women, prayer space, protest, Stand In

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