Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Feminism - Sexuality and Spirituality
Dr Humaira Shahid is a journalist, human rights activist and former Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan.
She is passionate about the economic empowerment of women and hosts an online course called 'Woman and Power' that strives to reclaim natural born freedom and autonomy for modern women. Part of that course is the link between sexuality and spirituality.
In this conversation the above themes are discussed alongside the idea of feminism and being a Muslim woman in the 21st Century.
Devotion and Defiance: My Journey in Love, Faith and Politics - by Dr Humaira Shahid
Woman and Power - Online Course
The Collaborative Couple - by Shaykh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Daughters of the Sun - by Ira Mukhoty
Music by Ian Cattanach
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... (and richly) the practitioners of riba instead. This is one part (50%) of the reason our world is as it is, inside and outside the Islamic sphere. Dr. Shahid said a lot of great import; my sense is that she has more to say. I hope that she will be invited back to ISoaMH to continue the conversation.
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
I become ‘soul-tied‘ (a spiritual state equivalent to being ‘tongue-tied‘) at this subject [sexuality]. Despite that, I feel compelled to overcome my paralyzing condition and comment. My view is that if women attained and cultivated a proper consciousness towards the poisonous nature of riba and they banded together with a properly directed hostility to it in all of its forms, the issue could be erradicated in a week. In the current state of things, it seems that most women reward ...
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
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