tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post7345594506827924485..comments2023-05-30T00:32:50.415-07:00Comments on ALAH: Arab Lesbians Against Hate: Women's rights trampled under HamasFatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440284278736820250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-47181912378900740872017-07-15T18:20:48.252-07:002017-07-15T18:20:48.252-07:00#You is a safe space for Arab women to share sexua...#You is a safe space for Arab women to share sexual violence (harassment, assault, rape), because it is your right to speak and your body. The truth is not on you and it comes time to break the barriers of silence in our male society. Thank you for every woman who raised her voice and shared her story. Thanks for trusting the project. You is an independent project of the field led by Palestinian women, forgotten, all activity and volunteer activities.<br />Speak up. Share your story. We're waiting for you.<br />www.facebook.com/tuskuteesh/<br />tuskuteesh@gmail.com<br />#تسكتيش #حقك_تحكي #انت_مش_لحالك #حقك_على_جسمك<br />تسكتيش<br />Instagram account: @Tuskuteesh<br />Tuskuteesh (don't remain silent) is an independent grassroots initiative led by Palestinian feminist women and it is a safe space for Arab women to share testimonies of sexual violence. Because it's time we speak up and break the silence on this taboo issue in our patriarchal society. All the work is done on a voluntary basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-74349808047529856052016-08-14T10:58:26.314-07:002016-08-14T10:58:26.314-07:00http://www.investigativeproject.org/5573/a-growing...http://www.investigativeproject.org/5573/a-growing-trend-brave-muslim-zionists<br /><br />A Growing Trend: Brave Muslim Zionists<br /><br />Muslims and Arabs who openly identify as Zionists are growing in number – powered by the freer flow of information and ideas made possible by social media and the search for answers in the wake of the Arab Spring and Islamist terror.<br /><br />A new Facebook page for Arab supporters of Israel has attracted about 20,000 visitors. The page, which shares content in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, was founded by a religious Jewish woman and an Arab man. It posts examples of Israel treating Arabs and Muslims with kindness and shares surprising Arab support for Israel from across the Middle East, including Tunisians who created an Israeli flag after being unable to buy one, and who have faced threats for their views.<br /><br />Muhammad Zoabi entered the spotlight as a proud Arab, Muslim Zionist in the summer of 2014. Just 17 at the time, Zoabi began to advocate for Israel in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. He posted a video demanding that Hamas release three Israeli teens who had been kidnapped a few weeks before Operation Protective Edge. Death threats soon forced Zoabi into hiding, and he found shelter with Kay Wilson, who had survived a brutal 2010 terrorist stabbing attack.<br /><br />Zoabi became so popular that he reached his maximum friend limit (5,000) on Facebook, where there is even a page calling for him to be prime minister of Israel. Zoabi's Zionism is hardly surprising, given his upbringing. His mother, Sarah Zoabi, revealed her Israeli patriotism on national television. She introduced herself on the popular Israeli show "Master Chef" as an "Arab, Muslim, Israeli, proud Zionist" from the northern city of Nazareth. "I believe in the right of the Jewish people to have their own country, which is the state of Israel, the Holy Land.... I want to say to all the Arabs of Israel to wake up," she continued. "We live in paradise. Compared to other countries, to Arab countries – we live in paradise."<br /><br />Zoabi's family also includes some fierce Israel haters, like his cousin Haneen Zoabi, who is a member of Israel's parliament but regularly uses her position to defame Israel and side with its enemies.<br /><br />Another young Muslim Zionist is Mahdi Satri, a 17-year old, Israeli Arab, whose Gazan father helped the Shin Bet (Israel's domestic security services) and received political asylum to live in an Arab village near Acre. When neighbors learned that his father had helped Israel's security services, his family became a target. "After 3 years of violence against me after coming out publicly with my Zionism and I'm still the last man standing, standing against my village," he wrote last month.<br /><br />"I regularly get threats. I get threats from people in my village and they say they will put two bullets in my head If I'm not gonna stop. I also get threats from Gaza, and from Ramallah, and from my mother's family."<br /><br />A day earlier, Satri published critiques of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, blaming each for Israel's 2014 war with Gaza and defending Israel's use of force to protect "all the Israeli citizens: Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheist, Gays, Lesbians." He proudly notes that "Israel is the only democratic state in the Middle East."Ririnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-47031706567505586182015-06-09T20:12:58.029-07:002015-06-09T20:12:58.029-07:00Its happening, and its starting in Berkeley. maybe...Its happening, and its starting in Berkeley. maybe from one of your friends? http://argumentsworthhaving.com/2015/06/08/shanzeh-khurrams-essay-on-leaving-islam-was-censored-at-berkeley/<br /><br />If someone had told me six years ago that I would leave Islam and end up an atheist, I would never have believed him.<br /><br />I was born and raised as a Muslim. I grew up in a Muslim country — Pakistan — surrounded by other Muslims who were convinced that their religion was the one true religion. My family, in particular, followed moderate Sunni Islam, which is a more liberal approach based on the “Sunnah,” or Prophet’s teachings. That was the path I set out on. But now, as a Muslim apostate and atheist, my journey couldn’t have led me any further from what I once knew to be true.<br /><br />Until I was 14, I simply accepted everything I’d been told about Islam. I was taught that being born into a Muslim family is a blessing and is the greatest gift that Allah can bestow upon someone. I initially thought the Sunni path I followed was the one true path, just like my Shia, Bori and Ismaili friends adhered to the teachings of the sects their families followed. I noticed how everyone around me claimed to have a monopoly on the truth, which made me question who was actually right. I started to view Islam — and religion in general — as something dogmatic, irrational, unscientific and, most of all, completely sexist.<br /><br />A feminist since age 10, it’s always been hard for me to reconcile my feminism with my faith. Even though the Pakistani society in which I grew up was sexist, my family has always been very progressive. As a result, I never accepted the male superiority and traditional gender roles that were part of my society. For most of my teen years, I felt torn apart by my contradictory beliefs. On one hand, I was a radical feminist who supported gay rights. But on the other hand, I was a practicing Muslim whose religion was clearly homophobic and placed men above women.<br /><br />Read it all- its a powerful voice that was censored, sadly<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-25764751460411498342014-10-08T08:40:18.308-07:002014-10-08T08:40:18.308-07:00Can you let us know that you're ok?Can you let us know that you're ok? Nouranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-78489996608858899342014-01-03T21:59:16.615-08:002014-01-03T21:59:16.615-08:00http://exhijabi.wordpress.com/about/ Good luck, ...http://exhijabi.wordpress.com/about/ Good luck, Fafa. We miss you.Nouranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168112031264856799.post-18203961010873337922013-03-10T18:56:31.080-07:002013-03-10T18:56:31.080-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com