21 November 2013

Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight against Muslim Fundamentalism

.... they contest attempts by fundamentalists to place restrictions on their day-to-day lives, and Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here was prompted by the lack of attention paid in the West to those struggles.

.... She also writes about the public places – cafes, museums, cinemas and puppet theatres – that are deemed to be against religious teachings, followed by a discussion of the women’s organisations that lobby against everything from street harassment, imposition of dress codes and infringements of women’s legal rights to homophobia and stoning. [Times Higher Education] Read more