Policing Athiesm
I’m urging fellow outspoken atheists to understand that their crude approach toward religion inadvertently nurtures the sort of fundamentalism they are supposedly against.
I’m urging fellow outspoken atheists to understand that their crude approach toward religion inadvertently nurtures the sort of fundamentalism they are supposedly against.
Such views aren’t surprising given that the U.S. has legalized the principle of sexual equality and that women here enjoy many rights women elsewhere do not.
In an effort to better support on-campus religious programs, Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado created a new position to oversee all the religious programs within Muller Chapel. Hierald Edga
Asma Barlas, professor in the Department of Politics, presented a paper, “When Gender is a Problem in Qur’anic Exegesis,” at a workshop on gender and Tafsir studies at the New York University Abu Dhab
There are approximately 10 to 15 students who practice regularly at the college, sophomore Farwa Shakeel said.
“The idea is to expose my students to think beyond secular feminism,” Shehnaz Haqqani, a diversity scholar fellow in the Women and Gender Studies program, said.
Even in the secular West, where the freedom to change religions is recognized, ex-Muslims continue to fear for their lives.
Ironically, it is the years of this abuse, oppression and marginalization that has led the Uyghurs to become aggressive toward the Chinese government.
When people feel targeted, powerless, and vulnerable, the last thing they need is to also be made to feel invisible.
We must be clear that the contempt for Islam in political discourse is just that, political.
The Ithacan recaps the biggest global news events from the month of April.
Muslim women should be free to honor cultural and religious traditions while also seeking greater empowerment.