CW: Sexual Assault by Nur__ Trigger warning: Rape, sexual assault, sexual offences, victim-blaming In 2016, the Brock Turner case in California was one of the first instances that made me reflect on how the criminal justice system fails victims in cases of violence against women. In that case, the perpetrator who had sexually assaulted an…
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Ruth Wilson Gilmore, a Black woman prison scholar who laid the rich groundwork for abolitionist politics, has defined racism as “the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death”. This implies that minoritised people, people of colour or people from minority ethnic background get exposed to earlier deaths because of racist…
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by Anisah Kader I have always heard or read stories about Muslim women and the discrimination they facedwith their hijab on. In fact, all these stories I have read about were from other countries. Inever thought, right here, in Singapore, I would actually experience such discrimination, but Idid. It was an unforgettable moment that would…
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by ‘A __ “… اِعۡدِلُوۡا هُوَ اَقۡرَبُ لِلتَّقۡوٰى …” “… Act justly – that is nearer to God-consciousness…” – Surah Al-Maaidah – Verse 8. I have always been a believer in standing up for what is right and upholding justice because I believe that it is a responsibility. I believe that I am heavily influenced…
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It is without a doubt that justice is one of the most foundational aspects of Islam. When I think of Islam, I think of the fact that it is a religion that was revealed to our Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), someone who fought resolutely throughout his life against tribal injustice and steadily worked…
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By Danesha Shah On 13 March 2021, I attended an online panel discussion with Ustazah Lina Salim and Ustaz Sheikh Md Farouq where they discussed the issue of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) within the Muslim community. They discussed from the perspective of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) and Islamic Bioethics respectively. It was organised by End FGC…
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Beyond The Hijab 