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Religion and Faith: Important Allies in the fight against Gender-
Based Violence?

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“You cannot be a feminist and believe in religion”, a respected colleague who works with women from Middle Eastern and Afghani backgrounds, declared to me two weeks ago, a statement that hurt me a little but wasn’t surprised by as I have often heard it before. The following week I chaired a conference on intersectionality …

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Religious Concepts Reexamined: Why Do We Continue Using Religious Teachings To Justify Domestic Violence?

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In many communities, DV survivors are encouraged to participate in family mediation in the hope that the matter can be resolved. Whilst the Quran does provide a detailed process for mediation between family members in times of dispute, such a model is designed to serve those in non-abusive situations.

About that Hijabi in Playboy

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Imagine Hijabi Pillow Talk Nothing quite signals a Twitter storm than Muslims parading with swagger to a Jay-Z soundtrack, Muslims dancing and singing to the Happy tune and now, Noor Tagouri appearing on Playboy. Fear of “compromising” ourselves in the journey of integration whilst straddling Islamic values is a real-life daily phenomenon for many of …

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Purple Flowers

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Purple flowers, Stand to the hours Of the “No”s ­ And the fear.   Purple flowers Acknowledge the loss, From the unexpected  Battle of nightmares.   Purple flowers  Speak in colour,  Out of the silence  In monochrome.   They do not apologise  For falling Where no place to fall  Should have been.   Purple flowers  …

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Muslim Women’s Voices: A Muslim Woman Researcher’s Perspective

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Personally whilst growing up (and still today) I could very rarely identify with the Muslim women that were always being spoken about in the media and by politicians. Perhaps, this is reflective of my somewhat privileged position, but the Muslim women that I knew were motivated and strong both in their careers and in the …

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Bravo France

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Last night I forced myself to look at this image. Over and over again. It was uncomfortable, sickening and terrifying. But as I sat up in bed, in the dark, with Imaan asleep next to me, I forced myself to stare at it. I had scrolled past the image earlier in the day. I was …

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Preventing and Addressing Rising Religious Bigotry and Anti-Semitism

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  In the 1670’s, my maternal grandfather’s family arrived in London from Holland, having come to Amsterdam as refugees fleeing the inquisition in Spain. I am still asked which of my parents or grandparents immigrated to the UK (they were all born in the East End or Leeds!). 18 years ago, in my first Religious …

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The Betrayal

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I was betrayed as a child. Betrayed by those I trusted most. They were all in on the betrayal, but it was for my own good. It was to protect me. Or was it to suppress me? Either way, the betrayal was based on assumptions. Assumptions that I would be tempted by the evils of …

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The Joys of Shopping as a Hijabi

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My trip to Zara without the kids in tow! Zara seem to have nailed it! I walked around the Brent Cross branch and wanted to buy everything ! This is incredibly unusual for me- generally I hate shopping. I find it awkward and cumbersome. I hate using the mirrors because I don’t see myself in …

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Power from the Pain

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Ice cracks Thawing Cold that was But is there No More.   Torture and nightmares Panics and horror Irrationality Loss – identity Loss – confidence Loss – reality Crisis   The continuous cycle is Paused   I breathe normally Sensations come back The ice within is consumed into water   I am controlled by me …

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