Sophia Rose Arjana’s Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi: Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace unravels the colonial influence on the spiritual marketplace.
Category: #Woke
Muslim Representation
The issue is, as always, the face veil is used in various ways but one. It isn’t shown as a normal outfit, something that someone like me would wear on a daily basis. Comical representation is okay with the veil as long as it is done right, like in Kim’s Convivence. The best thing I can say is that soft islamophobia is still islamophobia.
Fascism and Trump: Are We Living in a Fascist Nation?
Fascism what is it? Under some Western nation’s politics today the word fascism is thrown around whenever a politician does something someone does not like. Fascism is a form of authoritarian and ultra-nationalistic ideology characterized by dictatorship, forcible suppression of individuals, and a strong regimentation of society and economy.
How Humanitarianism Does Not Help
Are you actually helping if you’re just kissing the gushing wound better?
Response to Amaliah Anonymous, “12 things I can’t reconcile about Islam as a Muslim woman”
So, I ran across a particular post written by anonymous on Amaliah.com. The Questions were actually very generic ones that women have asked themselves over and over again. It was responded to by someone who had more…strict religious beliefs but I think responded in a wonderful way. I, however, wanted to answer the questions …
China and Saudi Arabia Changing the Quran to Fit the Agendas in Israel and in China.
China will rewrite the Quran and the Bible, according to Ahval news Beijing is getting ready to rewrite the holy texts. These new editions will exclude any content that the Chinese regime believes goes against its Communist Party. This project is calling for a “comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which …
The Other
According to Saeed A. Khan’s paper titled ‘Race’ and Difference: Orientalism and Western Concepts, ‘the Other’ is defined in Western discourse as “different, inferior and worthy of subjection to colonialism, while simultaneously praising aspects of the exotic, the erotic and primitive.” The original theory of the Other was coined as something that all humans inherently …
Big Brother Wins by Soft Power
Soft power is the ability to mold the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.
How We Win…boomer Edition…by Farah Pandith
How We Win is a fascinating book that tries to convey to the reader how we, as a society, can solve the “Islamic extremist” problem through the youth
Muslim Toms, Uncle Tom “Muslims”
An Uncle Tom is usually a person who betrays their own kind to support the dominant culture.