Thought you might enjoy seeing things from another perspective. Thank you Zen for sharing!
So apparently today is the first Muslim Women’s Day ever. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that until I clicked on the trending hashtag on Twitter, and then I was promptly disgusted. There are so many misconceptions, so many views depicting Muslim women as beaten-down creatures that are basically slaves to men, so much sarcasm about how it’s sooooo great to be a Muslim woman on this day.
As a Muslim woman, I have a few things to say. This rant bubbling inside me just won’t die.
I’ve never spoken about my religion on this blog, mainly because I like to keep my religious and political views out of my writing and “public persona”, but here goes nothing.
There was never a time when I wasn’t a Muslim. My parents are devout Muslims, and I grew up in a conservative household. I wore my hijab at the age of 9…
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Just like any group of people – be it a religion, a team, whatever – there can and are usually such differences between the individuals.