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Let’s dedicate this Valentine’s Day to fighting domestic violence
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Aziz Poonawalla
I think it fitting that as Valentine’s Day approaches, we should pause to remember that as we celebrate love, we should also act to preserve and protect it from darker impulses. For far too many women, just being alone of Valentine’s Day isn’t the worst possible fate – it’s being locked into an abusive and…
Remembering Aasiya: A Call to Action
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a press release from Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence, who are issuing a call to action in honor of Aasiya Zubair Hassan, who was murdered by her husband one year ago. Please redistribute and also check out the Facebook group for more information. February 2010 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the…
Shariahland
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Aziz Poonawalla
The problem with Afghanistan is that it isn’t like any war we’ve fought before, not even counter-insurgencies. It’s fundamentally an attempt to deny a haven for Islamic violent extremists (IVEs) to create a model society – “Sharialand”, for want of a better term. Shariahland is a construct of ideology, precisely the way that the Soviet…
Gender as the Focal Point of Cross-Cultural Dialogue
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a guest post by Asma T. Uddin, Editor-in-Chief of AltMuslimah.com. Louise Cankar, an assistant professor of sociology at Marquette University, recently published a book in which she argues that, while anti-Muslim suspicion existed prior to 9/11, 9/11 created an environment in which hostility toward Muslims could thrive and their political and social exclusion…
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