Earlier this month I wrote about a documentary which explored the motives and experiences of female converts to Islam in the UK. I’ve recently come across a rather different treatment of this topic, which focuses on two women from Bristol who converted in 2005.
Sukina Abdul Noor and Muneera Rashida, born in Bristol to Jamaican parents, formed Hip Hop Hijabis after finding that they had to battle the views both of those opposed to Islam and those who insisted on the most conservative interpretations of their religion.
The belief that music, the female singing voice, was unislamic posed a particular problem for them. [Harry’s Place] Read more
