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The Tales of a Modern Muslimah

The Tales of a Modern Muslimah

http://modernmuslimwoman.com

My blog is my thoughts on Islam. I also discuss race, women's rights, and issue which aren't quite so serious. I want to give the world at least one perspective of a young Muslimah living in the West. That's the primary purpose of my blog.

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  • Drifting

    Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 18:28 in rants, blog business

    I know that my writing lately has been much more scare than usual. I was never really a regular blog poster but these past few months have been especially bad in that regard. I would apologize but then I think "why am I apologizing and to whom?"It ha...

  • The Sticky Issue Known as Spousal Support

    Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 08:28 in race, muslims, gender issues

    Last evening I was talking to my mother about some Muslim gossip from my hometown and we got into a discussion-ok, it wasn't really a discussion but mostly my mother telling me about an Ustadh's opinion-about spousal support and brothers who sue thei...

  • Recognizing an achievement for what it is

    Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 10:35 in reflections, social issues, gender issues, islamic feminism, media portrayals

    I recently wrote a critique of a Sports Illustrated (SI) article about Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir for Muslimah Media Watch. To summarize the post and give context to this one, I wrote that SI still otherized Abdul-Qaadir by constantly focusing on her hijab...

  • OH NOES! Hijab will make you sick!

    Posted on Friday February 27th, 2009 at 11:38 in science, rants, social issues, arab americans, gender issues

    Originally posted at MMW.The results of a new study on Arab women in Dearborn, Mich., have been released. The study revealed that women who wear “traditional clothing” (code word for hijab) are prone to lower levels of vitamin D because of less e...

  • Judgment Day: Muslim Women Earn Judge Appointments in West Bank

    Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 10:58 in palestine, islamic feminism

    Cross posted at Muslimah Media WatchTwo women, Khuloud Faqih and Asmahan Wuheidi,  have become judges in Islamic courts in the West Bank. This is such a great milestone, not only for Palestinian women, but for Muslim women, too. We often have ou...

  • Prince Anus

    Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 23:10 in rants, racism, stupidity

    Via Diary of an Anxious Black WomanSo Prince William has once again shown how culturally insentive and stupid *cough*racist*cough* he is. *rolls eyes* I'm not surprised about this latest incident considering that he likes wearing swastikas. ...

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assalam mu`laikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

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4 stars Bahr

Free English book on Islam for download in PDF format:
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Salaam friend
You are free to download any books for free. Traditional and not, as Islam is to seek knowledge.
Wassalam Bahr

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