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Beer and the intoxicating effect of power

Posted in Malaysia, Religion on 30 August, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Malaysia has given the BBC news more ridiculousness to report. As of three days ago, the world can confirm that the religious right in Malaysia are obsessed with beer. Not long ago Kartika Sari Dewi’s postponed sentence for drinking beer in public made international headline news and now Malaysian Muslims will not be allowed to [...]

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Ramadhan Mubarak, people!

Posted in Religion on 27 August, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is a somewhat delayed, but still very special (and delicious) message to every hungry Muslim out there.

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Purdah

Posted in Culture, Feminism, Religion, tagged , on 27 August, 2009 | 11 Comments »

When I was in school, congregations in the surau (small prayer halls or mini mosque) would be segregated by gender: women on one side, men on the other. We would enter the same door, pray next to each other but separated by a wispy thin, almost see-through curtain. I understood that women simply felt comfortable [...]

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Guest post: Asian fetishism is sexist and racist

Posted in Feminism, Post-colonialism, Sexuality, tagged on 27 August, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The following is a guest post by regular commenter, Gareth:

I am a white Englishman with an Asian girlfriend. I believe the so-called ‘Asian fetish’ is both racist and sexist, and here is why.
Being a white, straight man gives me a ton load of privilege, and that privilege is systemic and global. I am aware of [...]

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Back to Old Blighty!!

Posted in Miscellaneous on 17 August, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m flying back to England early tomorrow morning!

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Film Review: The Mosque in Morgantown

Posted in Feminism, Media, Religion, tagged , on 16 August, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

First published at Feminist Review. Muslimah Media Watch has also the goods.

Reading the official synopsis of The Mosque in Morgantown, I quickly got the impression that it was a documentary film that revolved around the battle between journalist-activist Asra Nomani and “the extremists” in her hometown Morgantown, West Virginia. It is [...]

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Burqas and the British Police Farce

Posted in Culture, Religion, tagged , on 4 August, 2009 | 2 Comments »

First published at Muslimah Media Watch
Oh, this is just hilarious.
Three female police officers were ordered to dress up as Muslim women for the day just to see what it felt like. They wore traditional burkhas as part of a scheme designed to help police interact better with the Islamic community.
It’s like going to a fancy [...]

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