Foodie, word nerd, intersectional feminist. Comms @Musawah. @LSEGenderTweet alum.
Kuala Lumpur
Joined November 2012
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“What is galling is the fact that for non-Muslim women, law reforms have moved forward to recognise equality. But for Muslim women, in the name of Islam, you can be discriminated against.” Zainah Anwar on #Malaysia’s Muslim family laws.
#FreeOurFamilyLaws
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2/2 Zainah Anwar: "...It is also a recognition of the courage of Muslim women in different parts of the world who dare to speak out against those who abuse God’s name to justify injustice and discrimination.”
#IslamUnsurrendered
#StandWithSaudiFeminists
musawah.org/press/zainah-anw…
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@musawah ED Zainah Anwar speaks at @sistersinislam's #IslamUnsurrendered conf: "If there is no equality in the family, there will be no equality in the public sphere."
w/ @hindunanisahpkb
@hayahz
#womenagainstextremism
#SISforwomen
#MuslimWomenSpeak
ALT Musawah Executive Director Zainah Anwar delivers a panel speech at Sisters in Islam's Islam Unsurrendered: Women Rising Against Extremism conference. The title page of her presentation states "Muslim Family Law Reform: Equality and Justice for Muslim Women"
Alex McCarthy retweeted
Dr Nur Rofiah at @SistersinIslam conf #RisingAgainstExtremism - Muslim women are the producers of Islamic Knowledge. They are not just subjects of Fatwas, but producers of Fatwas.
@n_rofiah
#MuslimWomenSpeak
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“We make this road by walking it, we construct Islam by living it” - powerful message from @TheLadyImam
#PutThatOnATshirt
#IslamUnsurrendered
#MuslimWomenSpeak
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“Women are not taught to question and only taught to accept (men’s version of Islam)” - Rozana Isa ED @SistersinIslam #WomenAgainstExtremism Dear women #claimyourauthority !
Alex McCarthy retweeted
.@Musawah's @anakcelup kicking off @SistersinIslam #IslamUnsurrendered panel w/ @theladyimam & @n_rofiah on "Muslim Women as Authorities & Producers of Islamic Knowledge" that reflects today's lived realities & experiences.
#womenagainstextremism
Alex McCarthy retweeted
Does demanding #genderequality make one a deviant? Certainly not. #Women shld be able to remain in their religion w/out being discriminated w/in the religion. @SistersinIslam works to eliminate discriminatory teachings & interepretations of religious laws #riseagainstextremism
Alex McCarthy retweeted
Recounting story on Birmingham school protests, @ShaistaGohir: "Muslims have diverse families. There are families with two mommies because of polygamy...there's a lot of hypocrisy [in the protest]."
#IslamUnsurrendered #riseagainstextremism #DiverseFamilies
Alex McCarthy retweeted
A survey conducted by @SistersinIslam found that:
Muslim women feel that they are expected to bear the injustices imposed on them (as they are ‘worldly trials’) and not complain or ask for a change in the status quo.
#riseagainstextremism
Alex McCarthy retweeted
"We point out that the real battleground is not between Islam and secularism or human rights or women’s rights, but between despotism and patriarchy on the one hand, and democracy and gender justice on the other." - Zainah Anwar @musawah
#RisingAgainstExtremism
Alex McCarthy retweeted
Marina Mahathir @netraKL delivers a powerful speech at @SistersinIslam’s #IslamUnsurrendered Conference today.
“Why are our consciousness undisturbed as half of our population face injustice?“ she asks as she urges women to #riseagainstextremism.
Alex McCarthy retweeted
"We believe in an Islam that is compassionate, that is just, that treats women and men equally, that honours and upholds the dignity of those who are different and marginalised" ~@Rozana_Isa ED of @SistersinIslam 💪
#IslamUnsurrendered
#riseagainstextremism
Alex McCarthy retweeted
"@SistersinIslam has been targeted by religious authorities despite its decades of human rights and advocacy work focusing on women’s rights in Islam," incl free legal clinic help w/ family law, #endchildmarriage #endFGM #genderequality
@5050oD @RNS @sestapleton @ConversationEDU
LFL Press Statement: Protect Sisters in Islam instead of attacking and smearing them lawyersforliberty.org/lfl-pr…
Alex McCarthy retweeted
in conjunction with #IDAHOBIT2019 we celebrate all lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, trans, queer, non-binary, asexual and everyone across the gender and sexual orientation spectrum in #Malaysia & everywhere. you are loved & be the unicorn that you are queerlapis.com/jom-campurlgb…
Alex McCarthy retweeted
On this #DayofFamilies stand with us to say that protecting families must mean safeguarding the human rights of ALL its members, in ALL family forms!
#DiverseFamilies cc @AWID
Alex McCarthy retweeted
“...the planet’s on fucking fire. There are a lot of things we could do to put it out. Are any of them free? No, of course not. Nothing’s free, you idiots. Grow the fuck up.”
~ @BillNye taking public science education to a different level
Alex McCarthy retweeted
The Trump administration is so obsessed with ensuring women remain walking incubators that it is willing to destroy an anti-rape resolution.
US threatens to veto UN resolution on rape as weapon of war, officials say theguardian.com/world/2019/a…
Alex McCarthy retweeted
#WomensMarchMY has always been a space for people to show up and take a stand in support of the human rights of women & marginalised people. So walk with us in solidarity this Saturday. ✊✊
Alex McCarthy retweeted
This International Women's Day, we stand with all the fierce, kind, loving & heroic women who fight to make our world better for all. Solidarity, sisters!
#HandsOffWHRDs
#FreeOurSaudiSisters
#SupportSudan
#IWD2019 #womensday
#GenderEquality
