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I’m excited to share that my tour of New Zealand is due to soon begin. I’ll be visiting universities and community venues around the country, inshaAllah, and ending at the IWCNZ “Passing the Torch” Conference in Christchurch. For those in New Zealand, please do come along if I’m in your city. For those who cannot, … Continue reading
A Radio Debate for Voice of Russia UK A few days ago, I was invited onto Voice of Russia UK Radio to participate in a debate regarding whether the Niqab (face veil) should be banned in Britain, along with Nabila Ramdani (journalist), Julie Bindel (feminist), and Dr Taj Hargey. You can listen to this debate … Continue reading
MP Sarah Wollaston has publicly expressed her vehement opposition to Muslim females wearing the niqab (face veil) (in The Telegraph, here). Here is part of a brief exchange I had with Wollaston on Twitter: @drwollastonmp: Our schools should teach & encourage girls to communicate not collude with a misogynist opinion that they should be masked … Continue reading
I have been invited to speak at an all-sisters event at the Kanoon Towhid centre in Hammersmith, London, UK, inshaAllah. Here is the advert for the event: Join us for the most inspiring event of the year ‘The Beauty Within’, bringing together community leaders, talent, creativity and the modern Muslim Women. The day includes a … Continue reading
Here is my lecture on why Islam prescribes the ‘hijab’ for Muslim women. In this lecture, I discussed how society perceives women in the West, and how this has impacted women’s perception of themselves. I also discussed how the solutions that Islam posits by way of ‘hijab’, and other facets of its social system, are … Continue reading
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