I am so sick of the main stream media showing Muslim women as weak and voiceless. Don't get me wrong I know there are thousands of Muslim women who do not have a voice. But what about the thousands of Muslim women who stand up for what they believe? What about all the Muslim men who work along side Muslim women to get more rights for women? Where are they? Why are they not on CNN? Why cant a local news station hire a Muslim in hijjab who has no problem using her voice? Let me be the first to tell you, Islam gives women a voice. We should use what Allah has given us. Before the time of the Prophet Muhammad SWAW women were treated horribly. They were treated as if they were animals. Muhammad SWAW was the first Muslim Feminist. He preached and demanded rights for women. American women have only had the right to vote since 1920. Muslim women have had rights from the start of Islam. What about marriage laws? Women in America would get married and then have to give everything that was theirs to their husband. Money in the bank, give it to yo man. Land from the family, give it to yo man. You no longer own anything including what was rightfully yours. Islamic law protects women from this. Whats mine stays MINE. I would love to get on Fox and challenge the hell out of each political view they have. In fact I think they should hire me. Im loud,funny and not too hard on the eyes. But they wont. Not only because I have absolutely no schooling or experience in journalism but because Im Muslim and Proud. Im talking PROUD. Im talking fly my flag high. Im talking about the kind of pride that makes me unashamed. I would love the opportunity to have my voice heard. I know I'm not alone. I have a million and one hijjabi friends who feel the same way. Taslim VanHattum for example. Now this women is Amazing, she has been all over the world doing humanitarian work. She has recently gone to Gaza where she photographed the devastation caused by the Israeli government. And she did it all in hijjab. Why cant they show a women like that on TV? As much as I blame the mainstream media, I also blame my Muslim brothers and sisters. WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU ALL!!!!!?????? you stay quite your whole life and then when a cartoon of our beloved prophet (peace be upon him) is shown and all of a sudden you want a voice. It doesn't work like that. You don't get to wake up one day, pick a topic to get mad about and expect a million people to follow your tweet (although that would be nice). You start at the bottom. Get educated about Islam first. That way when people ask you a question on the street you know what to say. Every Muslim should know the answer to the following questions at a minimum.
1)WHY DO YOU WEAR HIJJAB?...normally followed by, “isn't it hot under that?”
2)Who Is your God?
3)Who is Muhammad SWAW?
4)are you American?
5)Do you believe in Jesus?
6)Why do muslim men wear dresses?
Im telling you that there is no better way to teach about Islam then to have a women in Hijjab speak proudly about who they are and why they wear hijjab. We cannot allow people to take our voices away. We are strong and independent. We do not need to wear tiny skirts in order to feel free.
As a Muslim women I am outraged with the way I am betrayed by the Media and I think you should be too. I am not a victim I do not want pity. All I want is a chance to be heard. So come on fox. I dear you. Have a women in hijjab talk for 2 minutes on your show. Don't ask her questions about Islam. Ask her hows she feels about the Oil spill or The Arizona law on immigration. You may be surprised by her answer.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Wow! I cannot agree with you more on this subject... but I do believe that we will be seeing more and more representation of Islam coming from Muslimahs. This is only a matter of time. So many people can no longer use the excuse that they don't know what a Muslim woman is about because there are so many avenues for us to raise our voices on all of the many subjects that are out here.
ReplyDeletewe are the most wanted people in the world right now. People want to hear what we have to say as Muslim women. if we could have a way to get more active Muslimahs who can kick butt together. they should have some kind of news station. RadioIslam in Chicago have 2 girls who are amazing but I want to see girls talking about non Islamic issues.
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