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Oklahoma Gets Protection From Sneaky Muslims

11/5/10 6:52am by Sabria Jawhar
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Koran

Oklahoma has a message for its Muslim population: We don’t want you here. How else to explain Oklahoma Republican State Representative Rex Duncan’s “pre-emptive” anti-Sharia measure passed by the state’s voters on Tuesday? Duncan wants to target the Muslim community, which accounts for less than 1 percent of the state’s 3.15 million residents, because he suspects they might do something sneaky.  Read more >

The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd

10/21/10 9:08am by Sabria Jawhar
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Muslim Woman

For those following the idiotic allegations that Sharia is creeping into American society and wonder who speaks for Islam, I think the answer is obvious. Western extremists are now the new hijackers of Islam. They have adopted the language of Islamic terrorists, interpreted the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) into something unrecognizable to Muslims and cherry-pick aspects of Sharia to offer interpretations in a vacuum.  Read more >

The Time is Right for a Saudi Women's Ministry

10/5/10 2:05am by Sabria Jawhar
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The talk of establishing a Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Saudi Arabia raises exciting possibilities for Saudi women, particularly businesswomen who need unfettered access to the international business community. Yet the proposal could lead to further marginalization of Saudi women.The idea of a governmental women’s department may sound quaint in the 21st century, but in Saudi Arabia where every progressive step comes in the smallest increments, it makes sense.  Read more >

Why I Hate the Burqa

8/27/10 5:00am by Sabria Jawhar
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Burqa in France

I have grown to hate the burqa. I hate the burqa because it serves no logical purpose in Western society. The intent of the clothing is to draw attention away from the woman, but in the West it only attracts unwanted attention. Recently a Glasgow man was sentenced to prison for attacking a burqa-clad Saudi woman on the street. He ripped away her niqab. The woman was a graduate student. She has since quit her studies and refuses to leave her apartment. To her the attack was an act of rape.  Read more >

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Sabria Jawhar
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Sabria Jawhar was named by the Dubai-based Arabian Business magazine as one of the "world's most influential Arabs" in its 2010 "Power 100" list. She is an IPhD Student at Newcastle Upon Tyne University, UK, and writes for the Huffington Post and Arabisto.com. She previously served as the bureau chief for the Saudi Gazette, an English-language daily newspaper based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is one of the leading women journalists in the Kingdom. Her commentaries on terrorism, women’s rights and reform in Saudi Arabia also are carried by leading websites, blogs and print publications worldwide.

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