altmuslimah.com - Domestic violence: Aasiya Zubair Hassan and the Muslim male imperative
"In the context of sensationalist portrayals of backward Muslim societies that need to catch up to ‘enlightened’ Western standards, it is understandable why some Muslims may hesitate to begin serious introspection into this problem. But we all know that some issues simply cannot wait to be tackled. They do not quietly resolve themselves with time. And the consequences of not addressing them are grave."
"Any translation which glosses or comments or overlays the text with exegesis is, in my view, giving it a particular “spin” that reflects the translator’s juridical or theological position. The Qur’an itself speaks of its verses as divided into muhkamat (clear in meaning) and mutashabihat (ambiguous) and indeed invites its listeners or readers to reflect, to think for themselves ... The mystery or multiple layers of meaning is to my mind an essential aspect of the text and should not be explained away but left exactly as is so that readers can make of them what they will. Of all sacred texts, the Qur’an is probably the most insistent in demanding rational reflection and in emphasizing human freedom to understand or misunderstand the signs of God. The responsibility of the translator is therefore a very heavy one: he or she must allow the text to speak for itself. For a translator, to offer any commentary or any gloss, is to exercise a false authority. "
Beverly M. Weber, "Rethinking Islam and Masculinity in Germany"
"Because the Muslim man is constructed against the modern "self" of the German national subject, the potential for a sense of full belonging, and thus for full cultural citizenship, is limited. In particular, because gender equality emerged after World War II as a key ideological site for the articulation of a democratic identity, "The national subject of a modern democracy based on equality and respect for human rights stands as the antithesis of an abjected subject whose sense of belonging must rest on violence and the abuse of women" (p. 3). This process of abjection also can draw on the differing modes of gender organization and bodily discipline in Germany and Turkey to legitimate assumptions that the Other is incompatible with the principles of democracy and the German constitution, while obscuring forms of discrimination that continue for Turkish and Muslim minorities in Germany today."
Israel is accused of waging covert war across the Middle East - Times Online
Israel: the single greatest destabilizing force in the Middle East.
U.S. ratchets up the pressure on Iran | SocialistWorker.org
"If the Obama administration makes good on its threats to squeeze Iran economically, it will only be a gift to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he tries to paint the opposition as a tool of the West."
Against Tolerance - Islam, sexuality, and the politics of belonging in the Netherlands
The right has used "tolerance" for LGBT folks as a weapon against Muslims not only in the Netherlands, but in England and other parts of Western Europe as well as in Canada. Similar discursive strategies are employed by the U.S. right, but they usually focus on perceived oppression of women rather than homosexuals-- which is all the more ironic when the same pundits who condemn abortion as "murder" turn around and start talking about how Muslims supposedly don't respect women's rights.
Ilham Moussaid: "It is with Sadness I watch my life reduced to my headscarf" | loonwatch.com
Leave it to the pro-French government feminists Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores Nor Submissives) to denounce a left-wing election candidate on the grounds of her hijab.
Wonk Room » Washington Post’s Dishonesty On Iran Gas Sanctions
Sanctions only HURT the Iranian people. I can't believe even neocons can be so deluded as to think otherwise...
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