{"id":3009,"date":"2017-01-22T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2017-01-22T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T17:40:00","slug":"muslim-women-marched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2017\/01\/muslim-women-marched.html","title":{"rendered":"Muslim women in the #WomensMarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2017\/01\/We-the-People3-620x274-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"We-the-People3-620x274\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3005\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Muslim women were not just the symbol of the March &#8211; they were also boots on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Linda Sarsour&#8217;s speech at the DC march:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DtL_0BLEVY<\/p>\n<p>examples of other Muslim women attending marches: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEver since the election, I\u2019ve kind of felt like everyone was against me, based on my appearance, based on my religious beliefs. But it\u2019s been so supportive to be here, and it\u2019s made me feel like this country is my country.\u201d \u2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/photos-of-women-and-the-powerful-reasons-they-march_us_5883d396e4b0e3a735698a12\">Amina Madhwala, 23<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/photos-of-women-and-the-powerful-reasons-they-march_us_5883d396e4b0e3a735698a12\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2017\/01\/5883fc9d1200002d00ad8f97-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC. - JAN. 21: Organizers put the Women&#039;s March on Washington in Washington D.C. on Saturday Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Damon Dahlen, Huffington Post) *** Local Caption ***\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3010\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As a Muslim woman, I feel that is is my duty to march shoulder to shoulder with women and those of other faiths. My faith plays a vital role in my decision to stand up against the injustices we may see with the policies and ideologies of the incoming administration. I\u2019m joining this march because it\u2019s empowering for me, and Islam teaches me that I can\u2019t just sit on the sidelines and play the role of the victim by doing nothing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/why-these-people-of-faith-are-marching-for-women-this-weekend_us_58812f2de4b096b4a230b46c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2017\/01\/588253811200003e0aad8ca7-300x176.jpeg\" alt=\"IHAM OSMAN\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3012\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No photo for this one, but what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mystatesman.com\/news\/local\/muslim-woman-shields-trump-supporter-march-ends-brief-fracas\/KAQUfVda6XZyXuxnlJnU4K\/\" target=\"_blank\">a proud moment of true heroism<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As what had been a peaceful protest in Austin dissolved into sudden violence Sunday night, one image stood out: Amina Amdeen, a Muslim woman and Iraqi immigrant wearing a hijab, throwing herself in between her fellow protesters and a towering, impassive supporter of Donald Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim women were not just the symbol of the March &#8211; they were also boots on the ground. Linda Sarsour&#8217;s speech at the DC march: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DtL_0BLEVY examples of other Muslim women attending marches: \u201cEver since the election, I\u2019ve kind of felt like everyone was against me, based on my appearance, based on my religious beliefs.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,10],"tags":[159,24,33,34],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expressions","category-identify-yourself","category-islamerica","tag-civil-rights","tag-islam","tag-muslim-americans","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muslim women in the #WomensMarch - City of Brass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslim women in the #WomensMarch - City of Brass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Muslim women were not just the symbol of the March &#8211; they were also boots on the ground. 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