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2012-01-17T16:42:39-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

For Arab Women, Change in the Digital Reality is Coming, but Slowly

Last updated on: January 17, 2012 at 4:42 pm By samya

By all standards, 2011 was quite an exceptional year for men and women in the Arab world. It was a year of dramatic transitions marked by the so-called Arab Spring of political democratization and social emancipation. It all started in Tunisia, going through Egypt and Libya in the West, and continuing to drag on in both Yemen and Syria in the East. An interesting facet of those transitions related to the role of social media platforms as drivers of revolutions,... Read more

2012-01-20T20:40:29-04:00

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“A Country and a Continent”: Fatimah Tuggar and the Politics of Montage

Last updated on: January 20, 2012 at 8:40 pm By tasnim

Fatimah Tuggar is one of the artists Jiwa has discussed, in his article on Imaging, imagining and representation: Muslim visual artists in NYC. As Munir Jiwa has pointed out, the past couple of decades have seen “the larger tropes of Islam/Muslims—terrorism, violence, veiling, patriarchy, the Middle East—become the normative frames and images within and against which Muslim artists do their work”. In her own work, however, Nigerian-born Tuggar has had little engagement with either the contemporary theopolitical maelstrom of “Islam and the West”... Read more

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2012-01-10T17:52:52-04:00

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Reading Too Much into Veenagate

Last updated on: January 10, 2012 at 5:52 pm By sana

Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress with a special flair for controversy. She first made major headlines after confronting a Mullah who accused her of inappropriate and vulgar behavior while participating on the Indian reality show ‘Bigg Boss.’ Her confrontation was praised by many, as she took a stand against general double-standards thrown at men and women in Pakistani society as well as staunchly stating that she did not need to be told about her religion. “I’m a Muslim woman... Read more

2012-01-13T00:49:04-04:00

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Friday Links | January 13, 2012

Last updated on: January 13, 2012 at 12:49 am By anneke

The excessive use of tear gas during protests in Bahrain endangers women protesters in particular. Many miscarriages and spontaneous abortions have been linked to this dangerous gas. At Uganda’s Makerere University a student has been denied access to an exam with her hijab, as she was deemed not be ‘legally dressed’ to sit an exam. It was not the first time and there is not even a formal dress code at the university. In northwestern Pakistan it is now illegal for parents... Read more

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2012-01-10T17:45:18-04:00

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Book Review: The Crescent Directive

Last updated on: January 10, 2012 at 5:45 pm By nicole

The Crescent Directive was, for me, a fun but perplexing read. The concept is simple and noble: it gives guidelines for American Muslims on how to lay a groundwork for action in our communities in order to improve our image in America. Written by Khurram Dara, the book starts out with looking at how Islam and Muslims have evolved in American discourse since 9/11. He then explains the current situation of the American Muslim community and talks about why certain... Read more

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The Crescent Directive

2012-01-09T20:47:51-04:00

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Revisiting Miriam Cooke’s “Muslimwoman”

Last updated on: January 9, 2012 at 8:47 pm By tasnim

Miriam Cooke has described her use of “Muslimwoman” in one word as a reference to embracing and performing a singular gendered and religious identity, a way of reflecting the intertwining of gender and religion and describing this erasure of diversity. In 2008, in her essay on deploying this term, Cooke explained: The neologism Muslimwoman draws attention to the emergence of a new singular religious and gendered identification that overlays national, ethnic, cultural, historical, and even philosophical diversity. A recent phenomenon... Read more

2012-01-10T16:55:34-04:00

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Reviving the Spirit Without Recognizing Half The Audience?

Last updated on: January 10, 2012 at 4:55 pm By Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: As previous RIS-themed posts have noted (see our post from 2008, two posts from 2009, and two posts from the 2011 Convention), the lack of women scholars is a persistent problem at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit events. Here, Sumaya, a guest contributor to MMW, outlines some of the reasons that this is problematic, and proposes possible speakers for future conferences. So it’s been a couple weeks since the end of the 10th annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit... Read more

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Reviving the Islamic Spirit

2012-01-08T19:04:16-04:00

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RIS Knowledge Retreat, Gender, and Feminism

Last updated on: January 8, 2012 at 7:04 pm By Krista

Yesterday, we posted Sharrae’s analysis of gender issues at the 2011 Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention. Although I wasn’t able to attend the Convention, I did make it to the Knowledge Retreat, a six-day series of classes with several of the RIS scholars. There is much to say about the Retreat, but one moment in particular deserved attention. (Please read through the whole post, as the ending of this is the most important.) On December 29, Dr. Abdal Hakim Jackson... Read more

Reviving the Islamic Spirit

2012-01-09T16:53:15-04:00

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Reclaiming Inclusion of Sisters at RIS: Part Two

Last updated on: January 9, 2012 at 4:53 pm By sharrae

See Part One here. Oh it did NOT just go there… My blood began to rise during the lecture of Dr. Abdal Hakim Jackson within the session, “Changing the Present, Dreaming the Future.” Mid-way during his lecture, Dr. Jackson beseeched us sisters to “calm down for the next 30 seconds.” He then asked the audience what was common between Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton and other politicians whose careers were compromised due to their extramarital relations. Dr. Jackson then proceeded to explain that... Read more

Reviving the Islamic Spirit

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2012-01-08T18:54:16-04:00

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Reclaiming Inclusion of Sisters at RIS: Part One

Last updated on: January 8, 2012 at 6:54 pm By sharrae

Editor’s note: I would like to welcome Sharrae, MMW’s newest contributor! Sharrae starts us off with a two-part post on the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference held in Toronto ever December. MMW has covered previous RIS conferences in 2008 and 2009 (part one and part two). Check back tomorrow for even more RIS-related coverage. For those who attend, Reviving the Islamic Spirit is treated almost like a second Ramadan. Ramadan is when the iman boost is sought after, and the... Read more

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