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Sobek's Digest
Women are deficient in intelligence? Sexism in Islam

“Women Are Deficient In Intelligence”…

When I used to be Sunni I remember how the immense love for religion caused me such blindness. Sort of like justice. Justice is blind and so is love. But neither is completely deaf. When something is said enough you will believ...
by Pakistani Feminist
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Sobek's Digest
Hijab and Sexual Assault

Hijab, Sexual Assualt and Rape Apologism

My friend introduced me to a new article on sexual harassment in Pakistan. Having been there myself, I knew what was coming, but the sickening amount of rape apologia was still shocking.
by Pakistani Feminist
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Sobek's Digest
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The True ‘Islamic’ Wife

I must say I wrote this a while ago and was very apologetic to different views on the Quran, but it is a matter of opinion. I must have been seventeen when my friend gave me Islamic advice on marriage. It was a book called “H...
by Pakistani Feminist
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Sobek's Digest
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How Islamic Clerics Endorse Rape Myths

I find that Islam is one of the largest groups that endorse rape myths. Here is what their scholar from Islam Q&A had to say:   I admit I was so optimistic when I read what this scholar said. Finally someone opposed to...
by Pakistani Feminist
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Sobek's Digest
Islamic women's rights

Does Islam Give Women Rights?

Since the dawn of the Abrahamic faith, the woman had been seen as the evil temptress, the vile seducer of men, the sobbing myth driving men to their follies and demise. Her menstruation made her unclean and impure, the juices f...
by Pakistani Feminist
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