Thus far, Ms Raeesah’s call for a medical review – not a ban – of how female genital cutting (FGC) is practised has elicited one of the following types of responses that I’ve seen online: She’s misguided about Islam These are suggestions that she’s either a deviant, misguided, not a muslim, or does not understand …
MEN who shout about the importance of allowing the hijab are now decrying MP Raeesah Khan’s parliamentary speech on Tuesday (Aug 3) even though she supported the very same right to wear it. What gives? Turns out they are all in a tizzy over her comments on polygamy and female genital cutting (FGC). Unsurprisingly, they …
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There’s just no end to it, is there? When a non-hijabi woman gets harassed, they say “oh, she doesn’t wear the hijab, what else do you expect?” When a hijab wearing woman gets harassed, they say “oh, she was wearing too much make-up. That’s not really a hijab, what else do you expect?” When a …
Something needs to be done beyond removing the sexually objectifying poll of female Asatizahs (religious teachers). The poll itself was a ranking of women in relation to a sex act too vile for me to reproduce here. More importantly, here are some suggestions for accountability: Creators of the group/poll must face the fullest extent of …
Look, persistently questioning Malay loyalty cannot lead to any good for any of us in Singapore. I sincerely hope policymakers and their supporters realise how increasingly indefensible the current approach is. From a purely pragmatic perspective too.For a while now we’ve seen the pull of transnational ethnic/religious identities competing with our national one; one which …
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