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When Orientalist Fear Meets Post-Colonial Incongruity: The Veil Simplified through Stand-Up

December 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Lamiae Aidi In this way, female stand-up comedians redefine the image of the veil, by offering other interpretations of the stereotype through a postcolonial humor of incongruity.

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Islam and Caring Communities

April 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Shenila Khoja-Moolji Muslim ethics, however, guide us to build caring communities. A caring community does not leave the labor of care to the few; instead, it shares this labor.

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Lale to Me: Tulip to You

March 27, 2019 Leave a Comment

Alizeh Ahmad Irony abounds in that the tulip, so wrapped up in Dutch identity, belongs to a people and a set of beliefs that the Dutch seem to find repulsive in today’s political climate.

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Muslim Women Resist: How Mona Haydar Counters Difference through Rap

February 06, 2019 Leave a Comment

Lamiae Aidi Through the lens of media as a form of pedagogy that shapes people’s identities and personas, the music video is a response to stereotypes of a subcategory of Muslim women that is represented as a problematic difference. It reminds women to voice their choice, it reiterates the same message as World Hijab Day.

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Investigating Moderate Islam: 7 Questions for Rosemary Corbett

May 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rosemary Corbett In other words, violence and coercion aren’t just what supporters of moderate religion seek to combat, they’re also what supporters (particularly state actors) of so-called moderate religion use as a means to achieve certain ends.

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On Getting to Know the Seemingly Different: 7 Questions for Kyle Conway

December 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Kyle Conway But the paradox of salable diversity is not insurmountable. Over the course of six seasons, the show’s makers found ways to push against the limits they faced.

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Islam and The Americas: 7 Questions for Aisha Khan

July 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Aisha Khan Islam and the Americas shows that Islam, like all other religions, is not simply oppressive, an “opiate” of false consciousness, aggressive, or anti-modern. It is, instead, a multi-textured worldview, a window into history and society.

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How the Hijab Has Grown into a Fashion Industry

June 07, 2017 2 Comments

Faegheh Shirazi Nike, in fact, is not the first corporate brand to champion the hijab.

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The Power of Names

December 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Hussein Rashid While some of this discussion may seem to be semantic, it is about the power of naming. The questions of power and control depend on the ability to name. Without proper naming, we see conflict where there is none, and read politics as theology.

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7 Questions for Amir Hussain

November 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

Amir Hussain I’ve always been fascinated by the life and work of Hank Williams Sr. . . the most underrated American theologian of the 20th century.

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