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Veil
in Book Review onTitle: Veil Author: Rafia Zakaria Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2017 Reviewer: reviewed by Louise Simon Veil is...
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Women, Islam and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces
in Book Review onTitle: Women, Islam and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces Author: Svetlana Peshkova Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2014 Reviewer:...
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The Nearness of God – Muslim Women’s Perspective & A Response (2)
in Blog onIn the previous blog we considered the dilemma some Muslim women face as they experience God’s nearness and it...
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The Nearness of God – Muslim Women’s Perspective (1)
in Blog onWe were having lunch in a café near Sarah’s home. ‘He must love me’ she replied. Sarah escaped from...
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The “Problem” of Prayer: Part 1
in Blog onThe way in which most Christians communicate with God is through prayer. The word ‘prayer’, in English, covers a...
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Remembering Saba Mahmood: Re-understanding the Women’s Mosque Movement
in Blog onSaba Mahmood, born in Quetta in Pakistan in 1962, died of pancreatic cancer on March 10th, 2018. She had...
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Dhikr: in the heart of faith
in Blog onConstance Padwick, introducing her classic book Muslim Devotions, commented, “In Islam, as in any other faith, a stranger desiring...
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Remember God
in Blog onAs I walked over the railway bridge in a Middle Eastern city, I glanced at the walls, where advertisements...
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Hearing the voice of the other
in Blog onIn her essay, ‘Can the Subaltern Speak’, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak argues that interventions under colonial rule, such as the...
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Purity – God’s picture of redemption in Jesus Messiah
in Blog onAs I was visiting my Muslim friend in hospital, I noticed the Qur’an on her bedside table, and asked...
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