The Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf

The Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf
Author: Omar Hussein Ibrahim
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0244517681

A book containing the fullest coverage as to why Islam does not oblige Muslim women to cover their hair. Compiled by Omar Hussein Ibrahim, based in London, using the best academic material and press commentary available today.

The Myth of the 'islamic' Headscarf

The Myth of the 'islamic' Headscarf
Author: Frederick Delaware
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780244163976

A book containing the fullest coverage as to why Islam does not oblige all Muslim women to cover their hair. Compiled by Omar Hussein Ibrahim, based in London, using the best academic material and press commentary available today.

THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY - Islamic State and the Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf

THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY - Islamic State and the Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf
Author: Omar Hussein Ibrahim
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-12-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781716346644

This Special Edition relates to author Omar Hussein Ibrahim's exposé entitled The Myth of the 'Islamic' headscarf first published in 2008. Shamima Begum and Islamic State shared many 'ideals' but the most obvious one was the fundamental necessity for a Muslim woman to cover the 'sexual appendage' of her hair. Failure to do so would be severely punished, as to go 'half-naked' in public was a major sin in the eyes of God, was it not? The fact that there is nothing in the Quran detailing this 'requirement' to cover a woman's hair in public, or that the hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) on the subject are probably forged is ignored by Islamic State and their followers. Indeed, so much else was ignored too. Good that they tried initially to defeat the barbaric Alawite regime of Syria's Bashar Al Assad but heinous for their perverted 'sidelines' of irreligious brutality and social perversion. Misinterpretation of the scriptures on a grand scale was the order of the day. Aged 15 a duped Shamima Begum from Bethnal Green in east London left England in 2015 to join her comrades in northern Syria - in what she expected would be an Islamic utopia. It all went tits up (!) and now Ms Begum wants out and longs for a return to the U.K. The Court of Appeal sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand decided in July 2020 that Ms Begum should be allowed back into the U.K to properly progress her alleged right to live in her home country. If a private jet manages to bring her back to London she will, it seems, be able to remain for good - read overleaf the Times newspaper article by renowned former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. At least we will get to know Shamima Begum's motivations and influences in her wanting to join Islamic State. This book will impress upon readers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, that the foundation for Islamic State's treatment of women is the strict requirement to cover up everything except the face and hands and sometimes even the face too. This absolutist injunction is fused with and is accompanied by many other agendas for eradicating what constitutes 'vice' and 'immorality' in mankind: the zealots say that music is a sin as it leads to intoxication of the soul as is the shaking of hands between unrelated members of the opposite sex just in case it progresses to fornication. Mixing in public is forbidden: at weddings the men and women must be separated by a screen. Celebrating birthdays is forbidden too.

Hijab and the Republic

Hijab and the Republic
Author: Bronwyn Winter
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2009-01-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780815631743

The hijab is arguably the most discussed and controversial item of women's clothing today. It has become the primary global symbol of female Muslim identity for Muslims and non-Muslims alike and is the focus of much debate in the confrontation between Islam and the West. Nowhere has this debate been more acute or complex than in France. In Hijab and the Republic, Bronwyn Winter provides a riveting account of the controversial 2004 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools. While much has been written on the subject, Winter offers a unique feminist perspective, carefully delineating its political and cultural aspects. Drawing on both scholarly literature and popular commentary, she examines the headscarf debate from its inception in 1989 through fluctuations in its intensity over the 1990s to its surging significance in the wake of 9 / 11 and the consequent shift in global politics.

THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY - Islamic State and the Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf

THE SHAMIMA BEGUM STORY - Islamic State and the Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf
Author: Omar Hussein Ibrahim
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781716662553

This Special Edition relates to author Omar Hussein Ibrahim's exposé entitled The Myth of the 'Islamic' headscarf first published in 2008. Shamima Begum and Islamic State shared many 'ideals' but the most obvious one was the fundamental necessity for a Muslim woman to cover the 'sexual appendage' of her hair. Failure to do so would be severely punished, as to go 'half-naked' in public was a major sin in the eyes of God, was it not? The fact that there is nothing in the Quran detailing this 'requirement' to cover a woman's hair in public, or that the hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) on the subject are probably forged is ignored by Islamic State and their followers. Indeed, so much else was ignored too. Good that they tried initially to defeat the barbaric Alawite regime of Syria's Bashar Al Asad but heinous for their perverted 'sidelines' of irreligious brutality and social perversion. Misinterpretation of the scriptures on a grand scale was the order of the day. This book will impress upon readers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, that the foundation for Islamic State's treatment of women is the strict requirement to cover up everything except the face and hands and sometimes even the face too. This absolutist injunction is fused with and is accompanied by many other agendas for eradicating what constitutes 'vice' and 'immorality' in mankind: the zealots say that music is a sin as it leads to intoxication of the soul as is the shaking of hands between unrelated members of the opposite sex just in case it progresses to fornication. Mixing in public is forbidden: at weddings the men and women must be separated by a screen. Celebrating birthdays is forbidden too. Paintings and portr

Books-In-Brief: Rethinking Muslim Women & The Veil

Books-In-Brief: Rethinking Muslim Women & The Veil
Author: Katherine Bullock
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1565643585

Until now the bulk of the literature about the veil has been written by outsiders who do not themselves veil. This literature often assumes a condescending tone about veiled women, assuming that they are making uninformed decisions choices about veiling makes them subservient to a patriarchal culture and religion. “Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil” offers an alternative viewpoint, based on the thoughts and experiences of Muslim women themselves. This is the first time a clear and concise book-length argument has been made for the compatibility between veiling and modernity. Katherine Bullock uncovers positive aspects of the veil that are frequently not perceived by outsiders. “Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil” looks at the colonial roots of the negative Western stereotype of the veil. It presents interviews with Muslim women to discover their thoughts and experiences with the veil in Canada. The book also offers a positive theory of veiling. The author argues that in consumer capitalist cultures, women can find wearing the veil a liberation from the stifling beauty game that promotes unsafe and unhealthy ideal body images for women. This book also includes an extensive bibliography on topics related to Muslim women and the veil.

The Lure of Fantasy Islam

The Lure of Fantasy Islam
Author: Stephen M. Kirby
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2017-05-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781546316978

What do Muslims like Zuhdi Jasser, Raheel Raza, and Mike Mohamed Ghouse have in common? They play Fantasy Islam: Fantasy Islam: A game in which an audience of non-Muslims wish with all their hearts that Islam was a "Religion of Peace," and a Muslim strives to fulfill that wish by presenting a personal version of Islam that has little foundation in Islamic Doctrine. This is a game that is even played in the Kafir (disbeliever) edition by non-Muslims like John Esposito, Georgetown University's Professor of Islamic Studies. Have you ever wondered: do Christians, Jews and Muslims really believe in the same God? Does the Koran really praise Jews and command Muslims to treat the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) with respect? Is it really "radical" to stone adulterers and cut off the hands of thieves? Can Muslims really reject the Koran? Does the word "Jihad" really have nothing to do with a "Holy War"? Did the Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota really create a book describing its version of Islam that included an endorsement by an imam who appeared to be a Hamas supporter, who referred to Israelis as terrorists, and who believed that Shariah Law should be enforced in American communities where Muslims are the majority? In his fifth book about Islam Dr. Kirby examines these versions of Islam and others like them, and shows how far removed they are from the Islamic Doctrine found in the Koran and the teachings of Muhammad. This book gives you the information you need to counter many of today's popular myths about Islam while gaining a better understanding of that religion.

Headscarves and Hymens

Headscarves and Hymens
Author: Mona Eltahawy
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-04-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0297609025

'Shocking, heartfelt and well-researched' New Statesman 'A ground-shaping book that defines the edge of so many vital contemporary debates. Hers is a voice simultaneously behind and beyond the veil' Colum McCann 'A fascinating, can't-look-away, whistle-stop tour of the Middle East' Daily Telegraph 'Brave and impassioned . . . A shocking book, and one that will make anyone who has seen veiling as a cultural issue think very hard about what is really going on' Mail on Sunday Headscarves and Hymens explodes the myth that we should stand back and watch while women are disempowered and abused in the name of religion. In this laceratingly honest account, Eltahawy takes aim both at attitudes in the Middle East and at the western liberals who mistake misogyny for cultural difference. Her argument is clear: unless political revolution in the Arab world is accompanied by social and sexual revolution, no progress will be made. Headscarves and Hymens is the book the world has been crying out for: a powerful, fearless account of what it really means to be a woman in the Muslim world. 'A fascinating, can't-look-away, whistle-stop tour of the Middle East' Daily Telegraph 'Brave and impassioned . . . A shocking book, and one that will make anyone who has seen veiling as a cultural issue think very hard about what is really going on' Mail on Sunday