Don’t speak for me!

Share Muslimas Oasis is all about sharing the voices of Muslim Women, this is hugely important when it comes to quieting the bigots who are dead set on liberating us from our own beliefs and choices. I wrote a response to a comment by a radical christian campaigning against Sharia law, here is the original... 
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Interview with UmmHend (Editor in Chief)

Share What do you want to know about Muslimas Oasis? About Me? Now is your chance to ask! These are the questions I have so far, and I’ll be answering your questions in the comments as well, so if you didn’t get a chance to ask in the last few days, now is your chance! How long have you been... 
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Interview UmmHend

Share Asalamualekom sisters. As I’ve interviewed sisters, I’ve enjoyed learning more about the women behind the business/project/website and where they are coming from. I thought ‘wouldn’t it be great if someone would interview me for Muslimas Oasis’ I, of course, couldn’t... 
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They call it Islamophobia

Share That’s the word for people who are afraid of me. Well, of us. Muslims. The very word ‘Muslim’ or ‘Islam’ sends some people into fits of rage. The political climate around the world, to which the media lends it’s often skewed platform, has reinforced so many misconceptions,... 
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That’s not Hijab!

Share We’ve all been there, you see a sister in skin tight jeans with a teeny scarf barely wrapped around her head, you judge and sometimes, if you’re bold enough, you set her straight. As a new muslim, I wrote an article about Hijab, Alhamdolillah I helped a few sisters to adopt the hijab... 
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You’ve forgotten again…

Share Haven’t you? This time last year, there was still a week of bombardment to go in Gaza before finally -not until January 18th- the dust would settle on the utter destruction of lives and hopes. I try to remain neutral on political issues, particularly in my public writing. While I have my... 
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Why?

Share I’ve been busy and sick for a few weeks now and haven’t been up to doing Today with UmmHend, I’ve missed writing each night before bed. I wanted to come back with this message of Why I put so much into Muslimas Oasis. I’m sure some have wondered, I often wonder myself.... 
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Sweeping it under the rug

Share I was discussing recently with a sister, the many issues that are Taboo in general Muslim culture (at least some parts of it) and the dangerous potential ignoring some of these things has. Not everything though… We all know the hadith about concealing our sins “All of my people are forgiven,... 
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Discrimination

Share In light of the recent Swiss ban on Minarets and in honor of World AIDS Day Today with UmmHend is going to address discrimination. Against us It’s an unfortunate human mishap for a given group of people to discriminate against another group different from themselves. It has happened since... 
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One wife, Two wife, Three wife, Four.

Share The much debated, much misunderstood, much hated 4 wives issue. Let’s start with the ayah (verse of the Qur’an) that gives muslim men the right to marry up to 4 women. We find it in the 4th Surah/Chapter and it is the 3rd Ayah/Verse: “And if you fear that you cannot act equitably... 
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