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Concubine: A Love Story | atheistinaheadscarf
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Concubine: A Love Story. March 15, 2016. March 15, 2016. He, whose right hand possesses me, of course he is the love of my life. Of course he is! How do you dare to even question this! He is my life. He must have known my pain, because lo and behold! Suddenly, he told me that a new verse of the Quran had just been revealed to solve this problem of ours! In fact, the whole story of how it came to be revealed is so beautiful, that I must pause for a minute to narrate it for you:. My status after I reverted...
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December | 2015 | atheistinaheadscarf
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8220;It was my choice” – Reflections on my decision to wear the hijab and niqab, and my struggle to remove them. December 27, 2015. December 28, 2015. It wasn’t long after that that I started to wear it full time. At first, it was exciting. So yes, it was my choice. I carefully picked which one to wear every morning, until my school teacher told me off for wearing bright colours. She said that my hijab had to be either blue, black or white to comply with the general school policy. I had doubts, so many d...
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From Charlie Hebdo to Nazimuddin Samad: The victim-blaming must stop. | atheistinaheadscarf
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From Charlie Hebdo to Nazimuddin Samad: The victim-blaming must stop. April 9, 2016. April 9, 2016. Sadly, there seems to be one glaring exception to this rule: those who offend Islamist sensibilities, it seems, are fair game. If they are brutally murdered for their views, so-called liberals join the voices of Islamists themselves to declare that the victims provoked their own deaths. Unfortunately, recent history is littered with countless examples. When Salman Rushdie’s. The years following the fatwa w...
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Goodbye to the Ex Muslim identity? October 16, 2016. I’ve written a lot on this blog about wanting to move past the Ex Muslim identity, and at the time I always wondered if that was really possible. I’m happy to say that over the past few months, I have found that it is possible – and I have begun to live it. But for me personally, I am incredibly lucky to finally find myself free from the shackles of the Ex Muslim identity. To Islam, I can finally say: Goodbye. I have closure. I am no longer...Their bel...
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January | 2016 | atheistinaheadscarf
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Today’s #BBCTBQ – A disappointing lesson in denial, infighting and the same old mantras. January 31, 2016. February 1, 2016. Ah, I never learn. I do it every time – I watch The Big Questions on BBC One on a Sunday morning when I know that Islam will be discussed, and I hope that perhaps. 8221;, or “It’s because Muslims are marginalised”, or “This is Islamophobia! Why don’t you care when white men beat up their wives! No such luck this morning either, I’m afraid. Today’s episode. That Islam – or at ...
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November | 2015 | atheistinaheadscarf
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Universities and “Safe Spaces” – Safe from what, exactly? November 30, 2015. November 30, 2015. I remember laughing out loud. I called out to the other side of the curtain and said any man who was offended – or turned on – by the sound was very free to leave. Now, I don’t care if it’s a last resort, after you have already tried to reason with her, or separate your bed from her, etc. I don’t care if you can only beat her so lightly that it can’t leave a mark (or “not like...Or how about we ban all religio...
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May | 2015 | atheistinaheadscarf
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Trapped between two worlds. May 4, 2015. Another weekend, another battle with my parents. I wish we could all just get along but it seems they will never be content to let me live my life as I choose. I can’t keep visiting. Each visit is more tiring, re-traumatising, and weighs me down more than the last. I return to my home feeling hopeless and dejected each week, only to go back the following week for more of the same. Goodbye to the Ex Muslim identity? Getting to know my family. Concubine: A Love Story.
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March | 2016 | atheistinaheadscarf
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Concubine: A Love Story. March 15, 2016. March 15, 2016. He, whose right hand possesses me, of course he is the love of my life. Of course he is! How do you dare to even question this! He is my life. He must have known my pain, because lo and behold! Suddenly, he told me that a new verse of the Quran had just been revealed to solve this problem of ours! In fact, the whole story of how it came to be revealed is so beautiful, that I must pause for a minute to narrate it for you:. My status after I reverted...
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How much longer will we continue to ignore child abuse and corporal punishment in religious institutions? | atheistinaheadscarf
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How much longer will we continue to ignore child abuse and corporal punishment in religious institutions? April 4, 2016. April 4, 2016. At 5am this morning, I read this piece. By an anonymous former pupil of an illegal ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Hackney, and my blood has not stopped boiling since. Sadly, I am all too familiar with the experiences described in this article – physical beatings, beatings with sticks, and an emphasis on keeping problems within the community. This is Britain, where.
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Is A Picture Worth the Thousand Arguments? (And other absurdities) | atheistinaheadscarf
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Is A Picture Worth the Thousand Arguments? March 13, 2016. It was going so well. I settled into a new home, and for once, my parents seemed – could it be? 8211; happy for me. For a few blissful, wonderful weeks, there were no lectures about religion, no marriage discussions, and no fights. So what was it tonight? What did I do which made them so upset with me when they came to visit? Come on – take a guess: Sex? Did they find out that I have a boyfriend? Now I don’t know what the angels/Allah suppo...
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