“Honor” Killings and Lovely Progressives

Here’s Irshad Manji with a rant about a disgusting practice that still sadly continues today.
I’ve also blogged about how progressive non-Muslims contribute to such injustices. In the name of showing cultural “sensitivity,” they often tolerate the intolerable. Read this commentary.
Read it all here.
Contrary to popular misconceptions, “honor” killings are not an Islamic thing. They’re cultural […]

The Ultimate List of 50 Actors, Models, Writers, and Musicians of Mixed Race

Great list, must have taken that funky ghetto hijabi girl (with an interesting story, and probably confused identity) ages to put together. Although it would have been better with some links included but I trust her anyways.
Smallville’s Lana Lang is the HOTTEST, followed by Lisa Ray at number 15! (if you’ve been too busy living […]

I’m Loving Marwa Rakha

She’s been blogging for a while now over at GV and I’m totally digging her writing which focuses on many of the retarded things and blatant double standards in our patriarchal culture. Check out what she has to say here and here. Oh and don’t miss this post about her revealing, unpleasant “encounter” with a […]

Rape Has Nothing To Do With How Women Dress

Good response to an absolutely disgusting statement. I hope this idiot is paying attention.
(hat-tip: Muslimah Media Watch)

“We Love Hijab”

Dear hijabi/conservative Muslim sisters in da house, I have a little present for you. It’s called ‘We Love Hijab‘ and I’m finding it quite amusing. Maybe you will too.
Speaking of hijab, Ali has another amusing post about it.

Nancy Ajaj

Nancy Ajaj is a Sudanese singer who has become very famous in recent years. Her voice can be seriously annoying sometimes when she maintains the same high pitch without enough variation but overall, I think she’s adorable and love what she has to offer.
Sudanese conservatives loathe her of course. Let them enjoy doing so as […]

Yaay to These Saudi Women

RESPECT! Thumbs up for them.

The Origins of “Rule of Thumb”

I was surfing random stuff online a while ago using StumbleUpon and arrived at this page containing the following:
rule of thumb -No, this phrase is definitely NOT “P.C”! Who knew? “Rule of thumb” derived from the days when woman were sometimes beaten with a switch. To be “kind” the switch could not be thicker than […]

Yes, We Men Can’t Control Ourselves

Remember Hanan al-Turk’s cute hangout spot? Well now she has more to say:
She said she doesn’t allow unveiled women into her salon because she would be aiding them to sin: “Unveiled women coming out of my beauty center will arouse men and I can’t be part of that.”
It’s one thing when chauvinist bearded men blame […]

In the Eyes of the Beholder


Another Blog About Sudan Discovered

Just like Andrew Heavens and Rob Crilly, Blake is also a freelance journalist who spends a lot of time in Khartoum. He’s got two interesting blog posts.
Israel and Sudan: No surprise there really. Her reaction is rather representative.
Men Mustn’t Cook: He sounds like the typical super traditionalist uptight Sudanese male. Yeah, did you hear that […]

There MUST Be Violence Against Women

… so believes this idiot with a brain the size of a rat’s testicle. How cute of him to practice this patriarchal garbage and justify it by glossing it conveniently with his genius “Islam”.
The early Islam which came more than a thousand years ago liberated women. The “Islam” of today however has put them in […]

The Taqwacores

The first time I read about “The Taqwacores” was in Sandmonkey’s blog. Later on he’d tell me about a video he watched of the bands crashing an ISNA show (ISNA = Islamic Society of North America). “A band of Canadian Pakistani lesbians?! At an ISNA event?! No way!” was my reaction. He giggled… and he […]

Bhutto Assassinated

This is sad. Last year, around this same time, it was Saddam Hussein. Most rejoiced. Now, we have this shit.
May she rest in peace.
For information and updates, I recommend checking out Ali Eteraz.

“Freedom” from “Freedom”

I’ll call it “photo of the day”. I found it at Miss Egyptiana’s blog. It displays a very comfortable coexistence between the secular and religious. There is the big umbrella of freedom under which exists mini-”freedoms”. Think about it.
You’ll find other pieces of art bearing strong similarities here, here and here.

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