Tag: Politics
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Conceptualization of Islam as a ‘Religion’ and Possibility of the Secularist/Islamist Binary
The history of the modern Middle East is often narrated as a story of power struggles between competing ideologies. One such set of competing ideologies is Islamism and secularism. The aim of this paper is not to explore these ideologies in the light of Middle Eastern history and argue in favor of either one of…
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Roe v. Wade and the Hikmah of Islamic Prohibitions
The overturning of Roe sparked a strong clash between both the opposing sides of the political spectrum and has been a matter of great debate and controversy. Individual states now have the power to ban or limit abortions, which will become illegal in about half of the states in the U.S. Healthcare professionals can be…
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Hijab: Nicht mein Körper, nicht meine Entscheidung
Diese Reise, mich so zu bedecken und zu verhalten, dass es entsprechend meiner Annahme Gott gefallen und die Tatsache ehren würde, dass mein Körper nicht mir gehört, sondern etwas von Gott Anvertrautes (amanah) ist, war und ist nicht einfach: Millionen von muslimischen Frauen ringen damit.
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Islam and Progressive Politics: Considerations on Pluralism, Liberal Hegemony, and Foreign Policy
Here, I argue that progressivism appears to have rekindled neoconservatism (not surprising, as many current progressives were on the neoconservative bandwagon not too long ago), but this time without the “security” guise that Americans have grown tired of, instead with a pivot towards democracy and freedom. The War on Terror can be conveniently replaced with…
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India’s Hijab Ban, Part II: Defining Islamic Identity
In the previous section we explored a general trend in contemporary thinkers who — while recognizing the flaws in the existing democratic-constitutional-secular-liberal regime (the ideal in international politics) — locate these flaws in something external to the regime as a kind of consequence of history. Legal scholar Faizan Mustafa and historian Irfan Habib are two…
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Should Labour be Chasing Hindu Fascist Votes?
I question whether Labour’s supposed failure to wholeheartedly embrace Modi’s regime is truly because it is under the influence of Pakistani politicians or that it is dependent on Muslim votes. There actually have been Labour politicians who have cosied up to Modi (like Keith Vaz) and have congratulated him on election victories (like Barry Gardiner).
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Pronouns: Progressivism’s Preposterous Plight
He/him, she/her, they/them, ze/zir — the options grow daily. One can simply wake up one day and assume the identity of a boy, the next claim that they are a girl, and the day after neither, and announce their pronouns as a part of their introduction, expecting an unquestioned adherence to affirm self-identification. This is…
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I Welcome the Overturning of Roe, But There are Problems
As a Muslim woman, I welcome the overturning of Roe v. Wade. However, there are two glaring problems that I believe Muslims must address. Just as there were un-Islamic ideological premises that guided court to Roe, overturning it returns the question of moral and legal status of abortion to states who still fail to reckon…
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India’s Hijab Ban, Part I: Limits of the Democratic Constitutional Order
In March of 2022, the Indian High Court in Karnataka upheld the government ban on Hijab in schools as constitutional.
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Engaging in the Abortion Debate: Considerations for Muslims in the West
In light of the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade, American Muslims are increasingly engaged in the abortion debate, yet their contributions thus far consist of little more than superficial claims to shari’a. There remain significant chasms and oversights in our understanding, ranging from the exact scope of Roe v. Wade to seriously grappling with…