Take that Jack Straw !

http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=599#
You have to watch this clip of Iranian women graduating from Police School.
Who says you can’t function while wearing yards, and yards…and yards of fabric ?

Untitled…

Defender of the Flag: In Memory of Alia Ansari
By Imam Zaid Shakir
10/25/05
http://www.zaytuna.org/articleDetails.asp?articleID=108
This past Tuesday, Muslims celebrated ‘Id al-Fitr, one of Islam’s two
great
festivals. For me, it was a beautiful day that began with a truly warm
and
vibrant ‘Id gathering at the Zaytuna Institute. God afforded me a
wonderful
opportunity to see friends who had been “missing in action,” to [...]

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/21/BAGMTLTGM51.DTL
Shaheed during the month of Ramadan.  May Allah have mercy on her family

The Qubaisiate

Interesting article on religious revival among women in Syria
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/world/middleeast/29syria.html?ei=5087%0A&en=95ca615d0921e031&ex=1156996800&pagewanted=all
and comments by Jill at Feministe
 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/08/29/women-islam-and-syria/

Sexual Revolutions

I was reading this post earlier and came across a comment that irritated me.  I am so tired of people giving these pat little answers to great, complex questions that arise everyday.  In this case an easy answer to why do men leave when their girlfriends/wives, ect…get pregnant was “well it’s that sexual revolution of [...]

Women Bringing About Change Without Hate

On the subject of women who lead by example, who bring about change, who break the status quo, who make people take notice…And she doesn’t even hate her religion or Muslims. Go figure!
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The women won it
Salma Yaqoob
May 13, 2006 08:28 AM
Last week a little piece of history was made in Sparkbrook as I was elected [...]