I moved to Singapore 4 months ago, after living in the US for 3 years. However, if only I had a dime for every time someone was shell shocked about what they call a “reverse” move. Especially when I tell them it was my conscious decision to move, not because my H1B visa expired, not […]

This post was written by Guest Contributor Saffiyya Mohammed. Saffiyya tweets at @saffiyyam. Living in the Caribbean has its perks; and believe it or not, it also has its drawbacks. With our colonial past, it’s become a melting pot for people over the world, with societies comprised of African, Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, European and Indigenous peoples. […]

Today marks the first anniversary since six men were killed in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City. Memorials are being held across Canada to remember the men and to resist ongoing expressions of racism and Islamophobia. This is a talk I gave yesterday at a neighbourhood memorial in Montreal. Assalaamu alaikum – peace […]

Editor’s Note: This piece was  originally posted by AltMuslim and written by Guest Contributors Nahida S. Nisa (@haraammermaids), Shehnaz Haqqani (@qrratugai) and Darakshan Raja (@DarakshanRaja). For past MMW pieces on Asra Nomani, see here, here, and here. After accusations of rape were made against Tariq Ramadan, Asra Nomani wrote an article for the New York Times parading an […]

The past couple of months have felt like a dam has broken as more and more women (and men) come forward to disclose their experiences with sexual harassment and/or assault and to name their abusers. I still am not sure what it is about this moment that has made people listen to the survivors, because […]

Famous Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan has been accused of rape by at least three adult women as well as having been accused of having  sexual relationships with underage students while he was teaching in Geneva. As a Muslim living in Switzerland, and who didn’t run in his circles, I was warned about his “close relationships” […]

Trigger warning: mention of sexual harassment/abuse, violence against children, Islamophobia and gendered violence. The video in question has not been linked. On November 9th, a video of girl’s hijab being ripped off in class began circulating around internet. Apparently, the young woman’s teacher posted the video on his Snapchat account, though she later denied posting […]

Recently, The Independent reported on a study finding that discrimination in the job market adversely affects employment prospects for young Muslims. The Independent reports on the study as if the information is new, but three years ago Roger Dobson wrote an article on a study with similar findings for the same periodical. The gist of […]

Every Ramadan, the Toronto-area MMW contributors try to have an iftaar. This started a few years ago when our wondrous Editor-in-Chief, Krista, invited us all to her parents’ home.   It was the first time I met Amina in person. I remember sitting in my car some three Ramadans ago and both of us just […]

In Copenhagen, a swimming club has recently started offering female-only sessions to allow more girls the opportunity to swim. Since it began, the program has drawn around 246 girls of non-Danish origin (interestingly, it is much more difficult to find information on whether any girls of Danish ethnic origin also take part). The numbers are […]