women | Scribblings on the Muslim Canadian Experience

Naming our children

August 27th, 2014 | by Omar

Reflections on the state of women in our ummah 1400+ years after the departure of the Prophet ﷺ and how far we've regressed towards jahiliyyah

The female scholars of Islam

May 13th, 2014 | by Omar

We as a Muslim community need to make major changes in our attitudes and views. May Allah (swt) bless Shaykh Dr. [&hellip

Women in the ‘Hood – Asma Hanif

October 12th, 2012 | by Omar

A gut wrenching lecture that challenges the assumptions and stereotypes. I can’t say I agree with everything within the video [&hellip

Women are the foundation of our communities

October 9th, 2012 | by Omar

What saddens me as a male is the depths to which we as a gender take out our frustration and ineptitude by oppressing those whom we have the slightest "power" over.

In this video Habib Ali passionately talks about the compulsion placed on Muslims in ensuring that the treatment of women within the community is done in a just manner. He outlines the Prophetic tradition on how the measure of goodness is tied to the goodness to women

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There is no honour in perpetuating oppression

October 2nd, 2012 | by Omar

I've written a number of times about how human beings very easily lose their humanity at the smallest opportunity. The latest in this is the turmoil taking place in Syria. The fact that women and children are being targeted is the most abhorrent part of this civil war