altMuslimah

@AltMuslimah

altMuslimah (altM): Tweets by and the altM editors on gender+being Muslim.

Joined February 2009

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  1. 22 hours ago

    “To be an attorney, you need to have a certain look. And you just don’t have it.” “Why the f*** do you even wear that thing on your head?!”

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  2. Jan 3

    "I really wanted this to be read with the weight of a lived experience. I wanted to use my story as a way to say that these are things we can talk about as a community. We can talk...

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  3. Jan 2

    From the notorious Pepsi commercial and H&M’s video promoting their recycling project, to the cover of Vogue Arabia and CR Fashion Book, women donning the hijab are acquiring greater media visibility...

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  4. Retweeted
    27 Dec 2018
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  5. 28 Dec 2018

    The main boogeymen are often feminism and liberalism … For the alt.Muslim, these incredibly multifaceted topics are usually mutilated.

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  6. 27 Dec 2018

    "There’s also some accountability when you a meet a person through their families. What I’m seeing and hearing more and more, even with the halal matchmaking through apps, is that...

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  7. 24 Dec 2018

    This holiday season I’m fully embracing Christmas. Those of you who know me know I’m not a little bit Muslim. I’m ardently Muslim. I love dhikr, I celebrate when my kids recite chapters of the Qur’an, I...

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  8. 21 Dec 2018

    Since 1837, Congress hasn’t allowed hats on the House floor. But a group of Democrats are hoping to change that rule to ensure religious headwear is exempted.

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  9. 20 Dec 2018
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  10. 20 Dec 2018
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  11. 20 Dec 2018

    The main boogeymen are often feminism and liberalism. This is not to suggest these topics are not worth criticizing and engaging with— my current book project will spend about 300 pages looking at why Islam and...

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  12. 20 Dec 2018

    For too long, we have assumed that men, and only men, hold this position of charge and responsibility because the verse most often cited and analyzed is none other than verse 4:34. The Qur’an...

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  13. Retweeted
    17 Dec 2018
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  14. 17 Dec 2018

    American Muslim women today are owning their narrative like never before. Author, Huda Al-Marashi, recently released her first book, First Comes Marriage, the “first Muslim-American memoir dedicated to the themes of love and sexuality.”

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  15. 13 Dec 2018

    Comfort In, Dump Out. Comfort goes TO the person in the situation, and you seek comfort OUT from your own circle. The onus of a grieving person is not to soothe you.

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  16. 13 Dec 2018

    "She was so attractive that covering her hair with a hijab was not enough to contain her beauty. Men would follow her home, relentless in their marriage proposals."

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  17. 13 Dec 2018
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  18. 12 Dec 2018
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  19. Retweeted
    12 Dec 2018

    My latest: Political fights and human rights | Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute

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  20. 12 Dec 2018

    "She was so attractive that covering her hair with a hijab was not enough to contain her beauty. Men would follow her home, relentless in their marriage proposals."

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