Category Archives: Death to patriarchy

why the reluctance to engage and acknowledge Islamic feminism?

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

I’ve been thinking a lot about why non-feminist scholars (including male academics, even otherwise feminist-friendly ones! – see here, for example) and popular mainstream “traditionalist” scholars of Islam don’t engage Islamic feminist works. Sure, a part of it may have … Continue reading →

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“Stopping Male Violence” (bell hooks)

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

bell hooks on relationships with men, patriarchy, men committing violence against women they supposedly love, and keeping men’s secret of the violence they commit within relationships. I’ve been reading Ch. 5 of bell hooks’s The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and … Continue reading →

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Minority youth leadership training opportunities

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

In a matter of one week,  I was informed about three excellent opportunities for young folks interested in leadership. They all focus on Asian American youth or South Asian American youth. Sharing here in order of their deadline. The italicized parts … Continue reading →

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how to hold men accountable for their violence against women

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

All sorts of trigger warnings because this is about violence against women. Also, I’m talking here exclusively about violence committed against women by their male partners. I know that women alone aren’t the victims of violence, I know men can … Continue reading →

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when an intellectually stifled nation murders its future: why Mashal Khan of Mardan was lynched

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

Readers’ discretion advised. This is about violence and the dangers of ignorance, arrogance, irresponsibility, and hypocrisy. What happened?

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The Genocide Pakistan Committed against Bangladesh (Mar.-Dec. 1971)

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

In commemoration of the Bangladeshi genocide that began (sort of) on March 25, 1971.

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re the myth that male sex drive is uncontrollable and stronger than female sex drive

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

This may get a little … vulgar? uncomfortable? immodest? etc. And very long.  But here’s the idea: 1) there’s a popular myth going around that male sexuality is uncontrollable, and that’s why they get to do the things they wanna … Continue reading →

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on being deprived of women’s recitations of the Qur’an

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

I’ve been listening to a lot of female recitations of the Qur’an lately. They bring me so, so much joy and peace that it angers me that we’ve been deprived of their voice – literally of their voice – for … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Muslim Women Leaders Program

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

From January 23-25, I was at a Muslim Women Leaders Program at the Union Theological Seminary with 20 other empowering Muslim women. The program was hosted by the Islam, Social Justice and Interreligious Engagement (ISJIE) program, directed by Dr. Jerusha … Continue reading →

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Kashmala is ready to give up the fight against patriarchy.

Posted on January 18, 2017 by

Okay, so the other day, a thing happened on my Facebook with a male academic scholar of Islam (a bunch of thanks and love to all my friends, women and men, academics and non-academics, who responded brilliantly in support of … Continue reading →

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