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” […]

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 […]

Last weekend, my husband and I made the six hour drive to the coastal city of Durban, to attend a series of lectures and seminars by Professor Tariq Ramadan. In an earlier post, I reviewed Ramadan’s latest book, Radical Reform. I certainly appreciate Ramadan’s work, and feels he is one of the very few contemporary […]

With much anticipation, I awaited the arrival of Tariq Ramadan’s new book, “Radical Reform”, in the mail. A few weeks ago, it finally got here. It is difficult to hide my obvious appreciation for the book, but I will attempt objectivity. Ramadan is known in the Muslim world, as a revolutionary, tolerant and forward-thinking scholar […]