By Diana Rahim I just finished reading “Who Speaks For Islam?: What A Billion Muslims Really Think.” by John L. Esposito & Dalia Mogahed. The book presents the data collected from a 6 year long study conducted by Gallup Organization. They conducted tens of thousands of hour long interviews with people from more than…
Read MorePhoto cred: #sg2gaza I have now been to three separate events at Hong Lim Park, each with a different agenda and each, extremely close to my heart. The first event was held on March 8th, International Women’s Day. It was the first ever celebration for IWD at Hong Lim Park and it was my introduction…
Read MoreI had stumbled across the beautiful words of the Prophet’s (PBUH) last sermon this past week. This sermon was delivered by the Prophet during his pilgrimage to Mecca. The sermon contains universal values of justice, fairness and equality. It touches on, among others, the themes of ‘freedom, equality and human rights’. Finding the sermon was…
Read MoreI recently attended a talk about Malay Ideas on Women. One of the participants raised a particularly interesting point. She mentioned the popularity of Malay novels nowadays and the ideas on Malay women that they promote.  This got me thinking. Malay novels are insanely popular. In the public libraries, you have to place a…
Read MoreBy Sharifah Fadhilah En Vogue sang, “I wear tight clothing, high heel shoes. It doesn’t mean I’m a prostitute”. While I am not saying tight clothing is Islamic, I have to agree it doesn’t make you someone who sleeps around and make money out of that service. When it comes to reaching righteousness, Â to quote…
Read MoreAs a non-Hijabi, stepping into a mosque in Singapore is pretty intimidating. There seems to be this unspoken rule that if you’re not wearing a hijab, you’re not welcomed in the mosque. Of course, you can ignore this and enter but be prepared for rude stares and snide comments. What surprised me was that I…
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Beyond The Hijab 