The young girl growing up in a harem in Morocco is sitting alone in an abandoned house surrounded by olive trees. For one month, the girl will speak to no one and be spoken to by no one. This is her punishment for “stepping outside the permissible space” and rebelling against rules that give her…
04/04/2012 Educaislam training center in collaboration with the Department of Theology and Religious Sciences “Ellacuría” Carlos III University organized the “First Course of Islamic Feminism: Gender Equality in Islam” to be held from May 1 to June 25, 2012. Its objective is to understand the contributions of Muslim feminists to contemporary Islamic thought and encourage…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was a mixture of Southern hospitality and confounding stereotypes and expectations. Of course, there was food, stuffed grape leaves and slightly spice samosas. At the end of the evening, everyone got to take home a copy of the Koran, complete with translation and commentary. In between a panel representing a range…
2 August 2011 Several media outlets note the start of Ramadan and its influence for the daily lives of Muslims in the Netherlands and abroad. Although for the past six years the country has celebrated Ramadan with a festival designed to counter stereotypes about Muslims and build relations with non-Muslims, the events will not…
When the “enemy” is different, an outsider, it’s easier to draw quick conclusions, to develop stereotypes. It’s simply human nature: There is “us,” and there is “them.” But what happens when the enemy looks like us — from the same tradition and belief system? That is the conundrum in the case of Norway and Anders…
