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Islamic Feminism Quotes

“If you ask Muslim women why they cover up, ninety-nine percent of them will say it's to avoid arousing men. Fuck that, where's your self-accountability?”

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Book:Taqwacores: A Novel

Source: Taqwacores: A Novel

“Patriarchy is a kind of shirk [or idolatry] … stemming from the Satanic notion of istikbar (thinking of oneself as better than another) …”

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Book:Inside The Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam

Source: Inside The Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam

“I started to see the bigger picture of things: Islam was not relegated to the tiny, sometimes frustrating and seemingly arbitrary details of practice, but rather entered the larger picture of spirituality and worship that contextualized my womanhood. In order to be able to derive these logical conclusions about my religion, I had to go back to the basics and understand the very fundamental principles upon which it was founded: justice, social equality, racial equality, financial equality, and, possibly most important of all, gender equality. Thus began my lifelong love affair with Islamic feminism.”

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Book:Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story

Source: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story