Zakat on Rent and Share: Economics in Transition
If zakat is being regularly paid on the rental income from a building, is it necessary to pay it also on the commuted value of the building? If a plot of land was purchased few years back for the purpose of resale/development. Zakat was also paid on the purchase value. Due to some reasons the […]
Riddles of Maryam Jameelah’s Life
Review of The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism by Deborah Baker What is the foremost condition for writing a biography? If it is verifiability, should someone not writes it in close association with the subject or the subject’s trusted alter-ego? Most authentic biographies are written when the subjects nod to someone wielding the […]
Palestinian Streets Sing
Review of Slingshot Hip-Hop, a documentary narrating the Plaestinian street music Slingshot Hip-Hop is a documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum, the American- Arab film activist featuring the Hip-Hop lives of Palestine. The Documentary captures the moments of various hip-hop movements in Palestine who struggle to resist against the Israeli occupation of their land […]
Palestine : When Democracy Kills
Image Credit : REUTERS Palestinians evacuate a wounded man after an Israeli air strike, witnessed by a Reuters journalist, on a floor in a building that also houses media offices in Gaza City November 19, 2012. In a world that celebrates the onward march of democracy, the Palestinian people have been left behind. When the […]
Hijab, Burqa; T Shirt or Tight Jeans? Let Women Speak
In the wake of the ban on headscarf in France, the popular Insight talk show hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie, held a debate on the issue. The four-part talk show can be watched in the Youtbe (Go to the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3X-RLvM6A and to the links to the succeeding parts). Though there were other spectacular […]
Sporty, Yet Devout
Disputes have put their heads out in the sporting world, keeping the athletes in a difficult situation of choosing between their faith and a career in sports. Muslim women, who look forward to a promising career in sports and games, are being victimized by way of imposing limitations on their choice of clothing. Muslim women […]
Hijab : fashion in a rebellious choice
We have long got past the days, when we thought of fashion as something which turned its back to tradition. Modernity wedded to tradition has been the manthra for much too long. That is why ‘hijab fashion’ or ‘muhajjaba models’ are the active registers in the fashion world. Fashion world will now have to think […]
Hijab: Bibliographical Sources
I stick to the phrase ‘semantic versatility’ in the book Veil Unveiled by Faegheh Shirazi to use textual discourses on veiling. Hijab does not have a single meaning. It does not a single use, either. It has various significations: that of freedom, modesty, traditional elegance, oppression, ignorance, political rebellion, exposition of identity etc. There are […]
Textuality of Hijab: Leila Ahmed and Amina Wadud
The meaning of the term ‘sexuality’ changed from “capability of sexual feelings” in 1879 to “sexual identity” in 1980. Textuality evokes the 1980 meaning. If any discourse is introduced in the Muslim world, or in all worlds for that matter, scholars inquire about its textual identity or textual authority, which means how the discourse can […]
Textuality of Hijab: Asma Barlas and Mohja Kahf
Asma Barlas (1950-) Biography and bibliography: Asma Barlas was born in Pakistan and has held teaching posts in the US. She had earlier been inducted to the Pakistan Foreign Service but was dismissed by General Zia ul Haq for calling him in a buffoon in her personal diary. Her works include Believing Women in Islam: […]
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