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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Jan 2017

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Michael A. Sherlock

    Western liberals must stop reducing Muslim women to the caricature of a veil & support Muslim feminists who oppose it as sign of oppression.https://twitter.com/sherlockmichael/status/823064469731307520 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Michael A. Sherlock @sherlockmichael
    The Women’s March 2017: To Patriarchy or Not to Patriarchy? #WomensMarch https://michaelsherlockauthor.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/the-womens-march-2017-to-patriarchy-or-not-to-patriarchy/ …
    12:18 AM - 22 Jan 2017
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Learn about the issue from the perspective of those affected by it, Muslim/ex-Muslim progressive women like @monaeltahawy and @MaryamNamaziehttps://twitter.com/aral/status/823082424036888576 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        Western liberals must stop reducing Muslim women to the caricature of a veil & support Muslim feminists who oppose it as sign of oppression. https://twitter.com/sherlockmichael/status/823064469731307520 …
        2 replies 5 retweets 10 likes
      3. Stephan Vandenborn‏ @CosmicD 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral @monaeltahawy @MaryamNamazie

        have you seen the twitterfight between her and that woman from the UK muslim council ?...breathtaking!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CosmicD

        Do you have the link handy, by chance?

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      5. Stephan Vandenborn‏ @CosmicD 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Stephan Vandenborn Retweeted Shai Gohir OBE

        Here you go. But you have to go backwards in the conversation to follow the thread, it's very amuzing.https://twitter.com/ShaistaGohir/status/790278276623269889 …

        Stephan Vandenborn added,

        Shai Gohir OBEVerified account @ShaistaGohir
        Muslim women voices are not only being ignored by religious conservatives but secularists too. We want to be heard! https://twitter.com/maryamnamazie/status/790277008223768577 …
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CosmicD

        Thanks +@ShaistaGohir

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      2. Be Kind. Be Considerate. Be Useful‏ @jaycousins 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Support Muslim Feminists yes. But it's for a women to choose what she wears. Not for men, or even other women.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Be Kind. Be Considerate. Be Useful‏ @jaycousins 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @jaycousins @aral

        if a women is forced to wear a veil it's oppression. If she is forced not to wear a veil it's oppression.

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @jaycousins

        Indeed.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Brian Abernathy‏ @bernathys2cents 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        @sherlockmichael Are Amish women oppressed for driving carriages? It is something they embrace, it is their culture.

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      1. Rolf Muijtjens‏ @Dewik2013 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        @SBergsma Feminists indeedpic.twitter.com/5nmJPgOlnT

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      1. VaseCommunicant‏ @VaseCommunicant 22 Jan 2017
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        @diehimbeertonis @sherlockmichael @wordpressdotcom but veil is a sign of oppression

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      1. Stephan Vandenborn‏ @CosmicD 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        they go out of their way to associate this with progressive and inclusiveness, totally dismissing women who reject religion!

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      1. Martti Suomivuori‏ @gbdz 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral @Atticus_Amber

        Who is reducing? Muslim men, Islamic patriarchs! You cannot blame the West for everything that is wrong in Islam.

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      1. Michael A. Sherlock‏ @sherlockmichael 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Well said.

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