In Canada I was forced in hijab at 9, niqab at 19. I was disowned & threatened w death because I chose what to wear on my body. In the West I’m told sharing my story will cause Islamophobia. I’m a woman from Mid East and I’m scared of Islamic ideology. Let us talk. #FreeFromHijab
I don’t know if I’m more angry, sad, or scared of the way the West is not only failing women like me, but failing themselves.
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“The bill that was proudly supported by the Democratic party failed to define Islamophobia.”
This is the crux of the issue. This should concern you.
Oxford dictionary defines Islamophobia as:dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.
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This is what happens in countries that criminalize criticism of a religion.
Note: they wanted the death penalty-as per Sharia- but because he confessed settled for 15 years…..over posts made on Twitter from an anonymous account.
It’s sad ppl are so accustomed to binary thinking these days. I miss when ppl simply had other opinions and perspectives. When ppl were free to open their mind without immediate demonization of the ‘other side’. This world is so black and white. No nuance. No color. No flavor.
Fwiw, I was both indoctrinated and beaten while attending public school, while being homeschooled, and while in an Islamic private school. The school is irrelevant. Shitty parents exist-and that is a different discussion.
I’m sharing my perspective, my experience-you are under no obligation to agree. Obviously there are many reasons why public school is failing and many reasons why ppl cannot/ choose not to homeschool. No need to assume ppl who make different choices do so for nefarious reasons.
I’ve been in Education for 20 yrs. I’ve taught every level from kindergarten to post-grad. Homeschool your kids if you can. Your district most likely offers a distance education option-enroll your child. Then enroll them in a team sport. You’ll thank me later xx
It has come to my attn, because of some comments, ppl are unclear that homeschooling does not mean you have to be a scholar in all subjects. The distance education program offered through your ministry will have trained teachers teaching your child all subjects. You facilitate -
-the learning in the same way you’d support your child in their piano lessons that they take at home or the community sports team that they play for. You’re not expected to be a pianist or an athlete either. The difference is: you’re much more involved in what they’re learning.
When I started this account 5 yrs ago, I chose a cover photo of a Yazidi woman freed from ISIS, removing the black body bag she was encased in to reveal her colorful dress below. It’s so poignant.
Today #AfghanWomen all over Twitter are doing the same 🇦🇫
I had a student from Afghanistan a few yrs ago. When he’d come to my office, despite the noisy hallway, we’d have to leave the door open. He explained that since being kidnapped by the Taliban and being tortured in a room for two weeks, he can’t be in a room w a closed door.
He lived w roommates, but he could never close his bedroom door because the panic would immediately overtake him. It had been years since his family had paid the ransom and negotiated his release- the physical scars had healed, but the invisible scars were much deeper.
At the end of the term he brought me a wool scarf. He asked his father to send it. A beautiful traditional Pashtun color and pattern. He was such a lovely young man. Two weeks. Two weeks is what it took for the Taliban to ruin the rest of his life.
It should come as no surprise that I receive messages w death threats consistently. I just ignore them.
Now I get messages with personal information about my daughters.
You’re mad at me for making Islam ‘look bad’, when it’s your actions that make your religion look like filth.
You make a Islam look like a religion for barbaric, murderous monsters who resort to threatening children because you’re incapable of accepting that someone speaks up against the atrocities done in the name of your Allah every single day. You are the worst enemy of Islam- not me.
I don’t need to be here to ‘make Islam look bad’. You do that daily when you murder ppl for denouncing Islam- hack them to death in the streets w machetes like…like what? What else does that? No animal or group of humans I can think of. I can think of no example worse than you.