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  johnpi 5:50 am on October 9, 2009 | 1 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asra Nomani, koran (7), Quran (37), Quran translations (4), Salafis (17), salafism (24)

  Asra Nomani pulls no punches in her opposition to Salafism:

  But in the name of cultural relativism, many in the West have given the face veil a pass under principles of religious freedom. But it’s an edict of only the most hardcore of Muslims, typically those adhering to the rigid schools of interpretation called Wahhabism and Salafism. On many accounts, groups espousing these ideas essentially represent the KKK wing of Islam.

  Nomani does something I always find useful and informative – she compares different translations of the Quran:

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  aziz 8:10 am on August 3, 2009 | 4 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asra Nomani, marriage (62), relationships (2), women (80)

  The Ideal Husband: it’s G. Willow Wilson vs Asra Nomani at City of Brass.

   
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  abunoor 12:53 pm on May 26, 2009 | 2 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asra Nomani, Doha Debates (3), Marriage in Islam (6), Progressive Islam (13), Women's Rights in Islam (9), Yasir Qadhi (8)

  Over at Muslim Matters, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi gives an “insider’s” perspective on participating in the Doha Debates.

  Shaykh Yasir debated, among others, Asra Nomani, on the motion ‘This house believes that Muslim women should be free to marry anyone they choose’.

  The debate itself will be aired June 6 and 7.

   
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  thabet 12:54 am on August 12, 2008 | 2 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asra Nomani, books (112), censorship (44), freedom of speech (71), jewl of madina, literature (17)

  Denise Spellberg, the academic at the centre of the Jewel of Madina controversy, responds to Asra Nomani’s article “You Still Can’t Write About Muhammad” (covered by Shahed, who was also mentioned in Nomani’s WSJ article).

   
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  shahed 12:22 pm on August 6, 2008 | 35 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Asra Nomani, books (112), censorship (44), free speech (19), jewel of madina (16)

  No good deed goes unpunished. I believe in free speech, which means that people have the right to publish whatever they want about Islam and Muslims without fear of censorship and/or violence, but also that Muslims have the right (and responsibility) to comment vigorously on any writings about them or Islam, so long as they do not resort to the aforementioned censorship and/or violence.

  It was in that spirit that I forwarded an inquiry regarding the book “Jewel of Medina” on a private email list. Unfortunately, nothing is private these days, and the mail got circulated around various lists until it reached the publisher, who promptly pulled the book. You can read all about it here at the Wall Street Journal. As was the case with “The Satanic Verses” and the Danish cartoons, the best Muslim response is civil speech in return, and that should have been the case for this book.