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The Mantle of Thought – New Zealand Lecture Tour

Posted by zarafaris ⋅ January 20, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

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 →

Why Liberalism does not want you to wear the niqab

Posted by zarafaris ⋅ October 10, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

“Find them behind the veil where they hide themselves” The situation of the Muslim woman, and particularly the wearing of the veil, has persistently been used through recent history as the “theme of action” by those working to intellectually subdue Muslim communities. In colonial Egypt, British colonial officials specifically cited the veil and treatment of … Continue reading →

Hijab: to veil or not to veil

Posted by zarafaris ⋅ April 14, 2013 ⋅ 9 Comments

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 →