[...] I started a new segment titled “Fatwa of the Day” [on my blog]. Every couple days I submit a post that discusses a certain Fatwa by a certain religious scholar [...]
[...]Here are the Fatwa’s I’ve posted so far [...]
Welcome to my art blog on Mideast Youth. As a muslim in the Uk and of dual heritage, some of my work challenges perceptions of ‘oppressed’ Islamic women and misconceptions. I hope you enjoy. www.sarahmaple.com
Posted in Activism, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Fun and Recreation, Gender, Humor, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Religion, Satire, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos, Women, Youth | 7 CommentsHave you ever had concern about the infection with HIV? That’s terrible. Suppose you find someone in virtual social communities, e.g. Facebook. You date an attractive person and you both are into each other. You have no backgrounds about the …
Posted in Awareness, Education, Health, Sex | 2 CommentsHojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi said “Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes” He is a senior Iranian cleric who says women who wear revealing …
Posted in Assholes, Atheism, Awareness, Fun Stuff, Humor, Iran, Islam, Islamophobia, Ridiculous, Sex, Sexism, Women, Youth | 3 CommentsThis story happened more than 70 or 80 years ago, in the Galilee Heights, during the British occupation “Mandate” to Palestine, a long time before we had the “honor” to host our “cousins’ the jews. There, in one of the …
Posted in Civil Rights, Comics, Creative Media, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Foreign Affairs, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Humor, Israel, Literature, News and Politics, Racism, Satire, Sex, Terrorism | 4 CommentsIn this podcast, I speak with Nadia from Tunisia about relationships and the perception of sex in the Arab world. What is accepted, what isn’t, and what’s hypocritical about our current societies. This is an important discussion but still surprisingly …
Posted in Arabs, Bahrain, Culture, Islam, Podcasts, Romance, Sex, Society, Taboos, Tunisia, Women, Youth | 8 Commentsthere is a big problem and i don’t thing oneday any writer wrote anything like this article they might consider it as forbidden talk or something its impolitely to speak about it but what im talking about is problem and …
Posted in Arabs, Sex, Taboos, Women | 200 CommentsThis post is an excerpt of an intersting article. ***** Sexual Politics in Modern Iran, by Janet Afary, takes advantage of modern historiography methods and offers an interesting explanation of gender and sexuality transformation in political, cultural and social contexts …
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Iran, Sex, Taboos | 1 CommentBehind The Walls Sara With great fear, she insists to keep her identity hidden. I decide to call her Sara, and quote her saying the shocking statement: “I’ve been beaten up, forced to have unprotected sex, thrown out in the …
Posted in General, Lebanon, Sex, Taboos, Youth | 3 CommentsA Saudi University professor is facing flogging and imprisonment for breaking the law. He was caught having a cup of coffee with a lady who was not related to him in a coffee shop. He is actually facing an eight …
Posted in Culture, Gender, Islam, Ridiculous, Saudi Arabia, Sex, Society, Women | 12 Comments