Islam

Dealing with My Grandmother’s Passing

The passing of my grandmother was the first loss of a family member that I have dealt with and it has truly rocked me to the core of my being.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too: Australia’s experiment in multiculturalism

Australia has hit a fork in the road in the multiculturalism experiment. It’s time to make important choices.

We told you.

We’ve been telling you for years that right-wing extremists were a threat.

Dear ScoMo – Enough, enough, enough.

Scott Morrison is pissed off that Muslim leaders won’t play his game. GOOD.

Dina’s no longer a hijabi: What does this mean for the rest of us?

For the uninitiated, Dina Torkia (or Dina Tokio) is a blogger/YouTuber/social media influencer/designer and all round cool person. I have …

Why aren’t you fasting, sister?

‘uuhhhmm… uuhhh…reasons…’

When home doesn’t feel like home anymore.

Whenever I go overseas I feel ‘home.’ Why does Australia feel so foreign?

#MeToo: Finding a voice behind the veil.

Trying to say #MeToo in a hijab is hard – very hard.

I really didn’t want to get married – until I did.

Getting married seemed to be the WORST idea – and then I met him

Why I didn’t change my surname when I got married

People have been surprised (sometimes mortified) that I didn’t change my surname when I got married.

Yassmin’s piece is one that should make YOU reflect – not us.

Yassmin’s Teen Vogue article told it like it is. Her experience isn’t a lesson for us ethnics; it’s a lesson in white privilege.

Undressing the stupidity in Pauline’s burqa comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know by now that Pauline Hanson, an Australian Senator, wore a burqa …

No; rapping, Playboy-posing hijabis do not represent me.

Why should I believe that sexist ideals will ‘free’ the oppressed Muslim woman?

Because God Said So.

What happens to the vacuum that is created when Muslims neglect to mention God?

#Nabra; the latest victim of terrorism

Her murder is being treated as a ‘road rage incident’ rather than a terrorist attack or hate crime.

There’s something perverted about the Finsbury Park terror attack

The Finsbury Park terror attack is a sad reflection of how far we’ve fallen

I’m not ignoring terrorist attacks – I just don’t know what to tell you.

I know I have been incredibly silent in the wake of a number of terrorist attacks around the world in …

Muslim Dating to Marriage: The Unofficial Rules

Are all Muslim marriages arranged? Do Muslims date? Don’t worry – I got you covered (lol…hijab).

I Don’t Represent ‘Real Muslims’. There’s No Such Thing.

Just because my views are slightly easier to swallow and relate to, it doesn’t mean that the views of other Muslims are any less valid.

49% of Aussies Want to Ban Muslim Immigration. So What?

This week, an Essential poll gave us news that 49% of Australians would like to see a ban on Muslim …