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Debating the morality of Rachida Dati


Posted by yusra on 12 Jan 2009 / 0 Comments
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Ms. Rachida Dati, France’s first female Muslim minister, has been criticized for returning to work only five days after giving birth to a baby girl. The media seems to favor the public view that Dati’s decision is a reckless political stunt that makes light of the responsibility of mothers everywhere. Dati, half-Algerian and half-Moroccan, is […]

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Salaam from a new blogger


Posted by yusra on 10 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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Salamu Alaikum, It feels good to say that. I won’t answer my cell phone like that, but Salamu Alaikum from one Muslim sister to another, ain’t nothing wrong with that. One of the best ways of combating how the world perceives us, the poor Muslim female, the exotic Muslim female, the oppressed Muslim female, is […]

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Salamu Alaikum. I’ll take the beaded nipple tassels please.


Posted by yusra on 10 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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The authors ask why a society known for sheltering women, would design and sell the kinkiest styles of lingerie. Of course all women need bras and panties, but the lingerie described in this book is more Frederick’s of Hollywood than it is Hanes Her Way.

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