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Be Real About Muslim Women


Posted by Guest Contributor on 08 Oct 2008 / 0 Comments
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This was written by Muse and originally appeared at her blog Between Hope & Fear. It’s joyful to be a Muslim woman. So says Mohja Kahf. I agree with the sentiment and the substance of pretty much everything she wrote here, but her style bothers me. This is nothing new – I wrote about her […]

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Talking Back – Mohja Kahf’s Response to “The Sermon”


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 07 Oct 2008 / 0 Comments
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The Washington Post ran an op-ed on Sunday by Mohja Kahf, author of The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. Entitled “Spare Me the Sermon on Muslim Women” Kahf responds to those who insist that the Muslim woman is oppressed, repressed, monolithic, brainwashed, and worthy of pity. Using brilliant language, which creates colourful pictures in the […]

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