RE: Re: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #360 - 3 msgs
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
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salam, what do you think would be the first step? afdhere Afdhere Jama Editorial Director HURIYAH Publications S A N F R A N C I S C O [email protected] http://www.huriyahmag.com >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Re: ProgressiveMuslims digest, Vol 1 #360 - 3 msgs >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:58:55 EST > >RESPONSE to A from Australia: >but you are looking at it from your own perspective, fine as far as it goes. >But it also helps to look at it from the perspective of those who wish to >wear hijab and/or maintakin the disfunctional statusa quo. They are the ones to >reach. > >I do personally agree with your concerns about power and that 2 year old >girls should not be wearing these things! Perhaps it is meant to be cute but it >looks like propaganda to me. But what I think has happened it the >ideologization of the faith -- in order to maintain certain positive values-- yes we must >admit the motivation can be seen as positive. However it is a wrong approach, >all head and little understanding. "There is no compulsion in religion"-- this >is neglected in favor of tribal conformity. > >However that said, we should not fall into the ethnocentric trap of regarding >head coverings as the same as oppression, and the same trap with gender >separation. Indeed these traditions may (if consciously adopted) help safeguard the >male and female essence we are in danger of losing at the expense of the >false, socially-constructed self. > >However to be honest you can have a false self in a burqa or beard just as >well.... but at the ideal level I would suggest these cultural modes have >validity. > >Here in the USA and also in general however I agree that we need to move >towards full inclusion at mosques. How to get there? It will be step by step. Even >men are not well enough served by mosques as they usually have little say in >how they are run, and social services are haphazard and occasional. So there >is much room for development that will bring in women step by step without >necessarily "head-on" confronting centruries-established practice overnight. We >really do need to consider the danger of backlash. > >We might look at the experience of some other faith groups as well, to see >how adaptation may be accomplished without weakening the community. Insha'Allah > >ADEM, >ICNA Relief ---------- Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software optimizes dial-up to the max!