Why All Male Panels are Canceled
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Note: Since the breaking of the ceasefire by Israel, Hamas did not retaliate after the indiscriminate attacks on Muslim worshippers at the Aqsa compound on Friday 5/21/21. However, no further arms were deployed by either side, but since then, Israel has launched Operation Law and Order. According to this new act, Israel arrested over 500 Palestinians identified as involved in the protests that led to the massive bombing and murder to civilians in Gaza with the excuses of “but Hamas” and “Israeli self defense.” This is in addition to the 1500 Palestinians arrested without warrants by Israel before the murder campaign. Israel has advanced facial recognition technology and Big Brother knows who is at which protest and can prove it, then find them for protesting/peacefully assembling/speaking freely; you know, exercising democratic principles.
Hind Makki discusses all male panels and additional exclusionary practices that marginalize Muslimahs, both in the audience and in expert spaces, at conferences, seminars, and in the masjid space itself! These under-represented panels are hurting our institutions and driving financially independent and Islamically educated women away from the masjid and Islamic organizations. Since many of us had to learn how to live without the masjid during key parts of our worship, are we going to go back if we continue to be under-represented there? Let's discuss the bottom line.
For anyone who isn’t Muslim, there’s some great breakdowns about Islam in here for you, too.
How do you feel when you see all male panels on parenting?
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ISNA statement on The Inclusion of Women in Masjids http://dvmcf.net/files/sacredspaces/2016-ISNA%20Statement.pdf
Fatwa by Fiqh Council of North America on women in the masjid: http://fiqhcouncil.org/the-inclusion-of-women-in-masjids/
#MuslimMaleAllies
The picture that brought international attention on manels: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/28/saudi-arabian-womens-conference-picture_n_3515062.html
Side Entrance on Women’s Experiences in the Masjid: https://sideentrance.tumblr.com/about
How the pandemic brought Muslim female scholarship forward: https://religionnews.com/2020/05/18/coronavirus-restrictions-on-mosques-bring-women-to-the-fore/
Study on Muslim Prayer Spaces by Sara Abdelghany at Georgetown U: https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1059375/Sara%20Abdelghany%20-%20Making%20Space%20Muslim%20Americans%20and%20Progressive%20Gender%20Activism%20in%20Mosques%20after%209%2011.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
Celebrate Mercy elevating women: https://celebratemercy.com/
ISNA elevating women: https://isna.net/
Women’s Quran recitation at Islah LA on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R7-9wBSdaos
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