What follows is a speech given by Myriam Francois-Cerrah on the problems with feminism as it is viewed from the lense of white middle-class women. Being a white, middle-class woman, a feminist, and a Muslim it feels strange to reblog this. But as Francois-Cerrah says, “If it takes my white privilege to amplify this message, at least it will have served one positive purpose in the broader struggle for human equality”.
Tag: Media stereotypes Muslim Women
What European Ideals Took from Muslim Women
This video must be watched by all, Muslims and non-Muslims.
This video is for all those non-Muslims who think Islam oppresses women.
This video is for the feminist, Muslim and non-Muslim.
This video is for all of those Muslim men who think women are housemaids.
This video is for all those Muslim women who need to claim their rights and their religion.
Tamara Gray: American Muslim convert. Yes, it is 39 + minutes, but I have included a run-down of what you need to watch:
@ 2:35 – Declaration of Sentiments signed in 1848: The beginning of Feminism
@ 3:50 – Muslim Women in pre-colonial period benefited from Islam. Women had political, social, economic, educational, and religious power.
@7:15 – When Europeans began to rule Muslim lands, The European attitudes toward women as property and servants to men infiltrated Muslim societies.
@ 9:20 – In the face of deterioration of the rights of woman, Feminism took root. But became synonymous with anti-Islam or the non-religious woman.
@ 12:00 – Islam does indeed deal with the issue of the feminist movement.
@ 12:30 – Islam does not need Western Feminism, but Muslims could use a jolt of Western Feminism.
@ 13:50 – Striping colonialism from our thinking, getting back to women’s right in Islam is the only cure. Women at the time of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings Upon Him- PBUH) did not sit back and wait to be asked to participate. Women were integral in public, political, economic, civil, and educational roles AND were paid equally for it.
@ 17:00 – Hijab was/and is the ultimate way for women to be recognized as powerful and as someone who is to be respected.
@ 25:00 – What Muslim men are doing wrong according to Islam. A bit of retribution.
@ 27:00 – Men have a share in work at home. The Prophet would work at home, not help, but work. Housework is NOT the Islamic duty of a woman.
@ 30:00 – Support, encouragement, and celebration of women’s accomplishments is the tradition of the Prophet (PBUH).
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