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Much as I like the idea of a rubric's cube, it's spelled Rubik's cube. (Now what would a rubric's cube…
Great response to the Mace bill by AOC (video at link).
@bcb: Sometimes I think the whole election was an elaborate murder-suicide plot that the entire country is carrying out.
@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…
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Category Archives: Islam
Repost: Reading The Veil and The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam, by Fatima Mernissi
About two-and-a-half years ago, I posted about Mernissi’s book because reading it was an instructive journey into my own ignorance about Islam, particularly about an aspect of that religion that, to put it mildly, sticks in the craw of many, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Islamaphobia
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Everyone Who Reads Rumi in English Should Read This New Yorker Article
Written by Rozina Ali, the article is called “The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi,” and it says something that Iranians I know have been saying for a very long time—something that I learned from them, in fact. … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Islam, Writing
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A Gay Iranian Mullah Who is a Refugee in Turkey
This is a pretty remarkable story.
Posted in Iran, Islam, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues
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“Our Man in Tehran” – A Really Interesting Series from The New York Times
The New York Times is running a really interesting series on its website called Our Man in Tehran (the link will take you to episode one). Thomas Erdbrink, the paper’s bureau chief in Tehran has made seven brief videos meant to capture … Continue reading
Reading The Veil and The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam, by Fatima Mernissi
On and off over the past year or so, I have gotten into some pretty heated discussions here about Islam. In August of 2014, I wrote a two-part post called “Trying to Be an Ally: Thinking About Hejab, Muslim Invisibility, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Islamaphobia
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A Conversation with Sahar Amer, Author of ‘What is Veiling?’ « Transcultural Islam Research Network
On the Transcultural Islam Research Network, an interview with Sahar Amer, whose book, What Is Veiling?, was published by The University of North Carolina Press in September of this year. I found this passage particularly interesting: CR: Throughout your extensive research on the … Continue reading
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Thanks for the catch! And, I have no idea whatsoever what a rubric's cube would be or would do. But…