While I continue to insist that I am going to have the same opportunities as anyone equal to me ,articles like this tell me otherwise. (and it peeves me off - in a massive way).  I get really frustrated, and I guess I am a little tired of the fact that I keep arguing that things have changed, even though they probably haven't, or have, but not ( Read more... )

"Muslim leaders today have fallen short of the Prophet's example. They mouth empty pious phrases about how they yearn for an Islamic state, but they don't have the guts or will to do it. " so said Abu Bakar Bashir during this interview .  Yes the prophet's example, the one where his behaviour suggested that he may be one of the first feminists ( Read more... )

This post was inspired by an interesting discussion I had with 
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