Five years ago, I started promoting #NoHijabDay on Feb 1st to directly counter HijabDay.

Every year our pictures and videos go viral. Though the road is long, I can definitely see our efforts are changing the dominant narrative.

Looking fwd to seeing this year’s contributions💕 Image
Two necessary clarifications:

1) We are not asking anyone to remove their hijab- we know they could get killed for it, and we would never do that. This is a day in solidarity and support of those who want to take it off/have taken it off/stand against its misogynist purpose.
2)We are not all ExMuslims. We are Muslims as well. We’re women who were born into Muslim families, women who converted to Islam, women who lived in countries that forced them wear it-we are are a vast array of women from different countries and cultural backgrounds who all unite

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Oct 17, 2023
My piece in @CNN

While many Gazans support Hamas, a poll conducted in July showed 50% of Gazans agreed that “Hamas should stop calling for Israel’s destruction, and instead accept a permanent two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.”

cnn.com/2023/10/16/opi…
Hamas stands next to al Qaeda and ISIS in perpetuating deadly terror attacks against civilians. I am heartbroken, of course, that Gazans will now have to pay the price for Hamas’ depravity. It is brutal and horrific. War always is. It was also brutal and horrific when al Qaeda was responsible for the loss of so many Iraqi lives or when ISIS was responsible for the loss of so many Syrian lives.
At the hands of Hamas, the Jewish people have endured horrors not seen since the Holocaust. And, like the Nazis, Hamas does not view Jewish people as human beings. According to its 1988 covenant, every Jew must be eradicated from this earth. Its goal is not the genocide of Jewish people in Israel; its goal is the genocide of all Jewish people on this planet, period.
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Jul 18, 2023
A few days ago I posted about a Somali girl who was horrifically beaten by her brother because she posted a video on tik tok without hijab. Many comments said she should have been killed. Here is a young nine yr old from Iraq who was killed by her father over a tik tok video. Image
What cultural elements do Somalia and Iraq have in common?

Language? No
Food? No
Clothing? No
Traditions? No

The ONLY thing they have in common is the religion of Islam. A religion that fosters and encourages vicious misogyny that leads to honor violence and honor killings.
Men in Islamic societies are encouraged to be toxic. Boys are told it’s their responsibility to control their sisters in order to maintain the family honor. Fathers are shamed if their daughters have any kid of freedom or independence. Toxic masculinity is fostered, encouraged… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Jun 24, 2023
Two Saudi sisters found in their Australia apartment one month after their death. The girls were terrified of someone/something. Their family couldn’t even be bothered to go to Australia to investigate what happened to Asra and Amaal. That tells me all I need to know. This… https://t.co/0juZKBYLmbtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
My husband and I watched a documentary about Noor Almaleki- an Iraqi woman living in the US who was killed by her father when she refused a forced marriage and ran away. I said to him-I wouldn’t have even gotten a documentary. No one would have known. Most girls killed in honor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“I’ll bury you in the backyard and tell anyone who asks that you moved to Egypt. Easy.”

I had no idea how common that threat was. How often girls were being told that- just substitute Egypt for Somalia, Iraq, etc.

Police have commented on how many bodies must be buried in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Mar 16, 2023
The first person to suffer from #Islamotrauma was Aisha. Aisha was just six years old when she was married off to a 53 yr old man. Read below as she exclaims:

“I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women.”

She was right then and she is still right today. Image
Muslim women are the only women who are forced to endure being beaten by their husbands because Allah sanctioned it in the Quran.

Muslim women are the only women forced to endure being raped by their husbands because it is sanctioned in Hadith.

#Islamotrauma
Other women can appeal to their families, the authorities, where can Muslim women go? Who can they appeal to that will override Islamic scriptures? Who will protect her from the edicts of a 1400 year old religion? Who will protect her from the almighty Allah?

#Islamotrauma
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Mar 10, 2023
A friend was telling me about her mother, on her deathbed,finally accepting a cigarette from her sister: Had I known my life would have ended like this, I would have said yes a lot sooner. And I’d have said no too. No to marrying him. No to being his slave. No to wasting my life.
As she was telling me she was crying and I was crying. Both of us were in miserable marriages before we had the irrational and dangerous bravery to leave. We know how she was feeling. We know how close we were to feeling the same way on our deathbeds.
Thankfully we both got out and we are both married to wonderful men today who adore us unconditionally. We walked through raging fires to get here. But we can’t rest. We are haunted by those who never made it. She’ll be joining me soon on #ForgottenFeminists 🤍
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Mar 7, 2023
I’m not one to debate ppl on their beliefs. Believe what you want. Not my business. You’ll only hear from me if your beliefs cause ppl harm. But I inadvertently ended up in my first ‘debate’ w a Muslim. Luckily it was @HatemNYC, so no death threats ensued!
Hatem learned about me through you, @fallinlovia so I have you to thank for this new opportunity ☺️
I think people need to stop being so concerned about protecting Islam from criticism and put that energy into worrying about protecting real human children instead.
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