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France might be very progressive when it comes to fashion sense, but their recent ban on the burkini shows how the administration’s thinking still dwells in the past. Burkini is a swimwear designed to allow women to cover as much of their body as they please and still feel free to actively participate in water sports/fun. Contrary to popular belief, it gives Muslim women like me nothing but the freedom to exist at a beach or pool without feeling forced …
In light of recent events, it has been repeatedly observed that a dangerous and potentially peace threatening form of domestic terrorism is conceiving birth in a civilized society. Elements of a such a devastating concoction include bigotry, racism, hate speech, physical and mental abuse and ignorance. In a series of isolated yet expected events which are being perceived as a hate crime against minorities the safety of Muslims around the world is being questioned. With all types of crimes against …
It is time we learned to dissociate Islam from any form of intolerance and extremism. Islam is a religion that teaches and advocates peace among people of diverse backgrounds and the whole world in its entirety. Owing to the heterogeneity of the world, Islam permits every human to have their say and practice whatever they deem right to make them attain salvation, but always pointing to the fact that the only way to attain salvation is peaceful coexistence. The recent …
The subject of blasphemy, as it concerns Islamic personages or symbols, has become more visible in recent times especially in countries or regions that pride themselves as adhering to the Islamic faith, no thanks to the attendant jungle justice that have been meted out to alleged ‘blasphemers’. Nigeria has a blotted history of violence arising from allegations of blasphemy. Blasphemy is regarded as the utterance of words or actions considered unworthy or impious in respect of beings or things that …
The prospect of Donald Trump becoming the 45th President of the United States has become very real. A year ago, everybody thought that Trump was a joke but now, less than 8 weeks before election day, some very serious people are openly admitting that Trump could be our next President. Trump has never shied away from getting himself in the middle of a juicy story; not until last Saturday, on the 15 year anniversary of September 11 attacks. Everyone in …
Shaikh Yasir Qadhi is an American Sunni Muslim scholar and Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute. In a very passionate Facebook Post, Mr. Qadhi recently lamented the rise of sectarianism and the practice of Takfir (anathematization, or refusing to identify sect of Islam as Muslim) amongst Muslims. He said: “Sadly, sectarianism is still well and alive in the Ummah. Recently, a large group of scholars, primarily of a Sufi/Ashari trend, gathered in Chechnya for a conference whose pre-planned and coordinated conclusion was to claim …
Our national independence was hard fought by many prominent personalities from all works of life, from various parts of the country and of course with a different understanding of faith. Prominently, the likes of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Tafawa Balewa, Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Amodu Bello, Anthony Enahoro and Herbert Macaulay irrespective of their socio-religious background stood together to give us a country called Nigeria. Nigeria has over 180 Million citizens, with a dominance of Muslims in the North and Christians in …
Brock Turner, student, swimmer, rapist. The name of Brock Turner has been juggled around a number of times during the past few days. Long story short, a few months ago two teenagers called the police on Turner after they found him sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster in an alley, that’s right behind the dumpster in the filth. They tackled him to the ground and turned him over to the police. And to give you some perspective of …
“Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.” The above quote is by Freda Adler, now it doesn’t matter who she is, but it does matter about what she said. Let’s look at our first case. Filipino maid dies after pointing a finger to her boss when asked who raped her. Imra Edloy, a 35-year-old died on 13th August. It is unclear as of now if her death correlated with her wounds due to maltreatment. Reading …
On a bright sunny morning Siam, a mother of two was enjoying her day on the beach, lying down and relaxing on the warm sand with her two children not knowing that her leisurely moments would not last long as she was abruptly awoken by four police officers. Her crime, modesty. The 34 year old french national was fined 9 euros for wearing a burkini on the Cannes beach. Such extreme action was taken against the mother of two in …
The notorious Cyber Crime bill passed by the National Assembly with only 9% of its 342 members is now a law. The bill which has been termed Draconian by almost every other Public media outlet has some extremely upsetting features that if allowed to be implemented will be nothing short of a calamity for the nation of Pakistan and its people. Particularly the younger, social media generation. The act which has been given the title of the ‘Prevention of Electronic …
Being an adolescent, I’ve seen quite a few number of “distracting” hairstyles from fellow classmates. Needless to say none of those were natural hairstyles. In the state of Kentucky which recently just abolished unnecessary regulations for hair braiders, there is a high school that just banned natural hairstyles mostly worn by black students. Louisville’s Butler Traditional High School rolled out the new rules on registration day. Attica Scott, a female African-American legislature, had a daughter who returned home with a …