Religion Dispatches
My husband can run out to the door in his shorts and in what some people refer to tellingly as a “wife-beater” while I must be fully dressed, complete with appropriate underwear; it’s only partially based in religion.
Read MoreDale and Leilani Neumann, whose daughter Madeline died due to the couple’s belief that illness comes from sin have, despite their trust in Divine intervention, acquired an attorney to protect themselves from the law.
Read MoreAmerican women need help. They are so victimized that they suffer themselves to be treated like objects and toys, desiring no change…
Read MoreThe Muslim headscarf is capable of numerous meanings, many of which are rather less dramatic than outsiders might imagine…
Read MoreAfter a recent statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri on the role of women in Al-Qaeda, that supports single-dimensional notions of extremist Muslims, extremist women talk back…
Read MoreWomen should not be excluded from the benefits of global sisterhood because of a shalwar kameez, or a business suit, or a kaffiyeh… Or because of Islam.
Read MoreThis tempest in a teacup reminds me of some Shari’a controversies in contemporary Islamic societies…
Read MoreA peek into the vexing obstacles to Muslim prayer in American life.
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