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To Blog or Not to Blog? Is That Even a Question..? by amina wadud
I just want to introduce myself to this blogging forum Feminism and Religion. I will join and then try to keep some kind of pace, so before I jump right in on this that or the other personal and or...
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Why I Try to Stay Away From the Media by amina wadud
Recently a controversy broke out surrounding a University talk I was to give in Tamil Nadhu, here in India. That visit was to include a workshop and several meetings, including one with the all women...
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Forgiveness (is a two-way street) by amina wadud
I don’t know why this came to me as the discussion I want to have in blog form today, but here you go– Imam al-Ghazzali (d. 1111) said that Allah (God) only stops forgiving when the believer stops...
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When Some People Say “Religion” They Mean “My” Religion by amina wadud
I came to live in India after having already lived in other parts of Asia. Naively, I anticipated that the best of my Asian living experiences would be manifest in India and this centered on a dynamic...
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“JC” by amina wadud
It’s been more than three decades, and certainly most of the influential time of my own theological/social justice career, since I was first introduced to Joseph Campbell (may he rest in “bliss”). He...
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Early Marriage and Early Islam by amina wadud
This week, in the state where I am living, Kerala, India: “…nine prominent Muslim (sic) organizations have decided to approach the Supreme Court to exclude Muslim women from the law prescribing a...
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Hajar: of the desert by amina wadud
This week the Islamic pilgrimage or Hajj was completed. For those not gathering on the dusty plains of the desert in Arabia, we have the celebration of the Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating the...
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Saudi Women Drive by amina wadud
Saudi Women Drive So what’s the big deal in that? Thanks for asking. I have been actively spreading the word, giving support and showing my enthusiasm for the Saudi women’s initiative to be permitted...
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Vipassana: Intensive Meditation and Silent Retreat by amina wadud
It had been on my bucket list for some time. I thought it preferable to fulfill it while I was still in India since this is where the current movement started. How it ended up being completed during...
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THANKS-giving by amina wadud
Last week was that most contested U.S. family holiday, Thanksgiving. No, I’m not going to revisit the numerous points of contestation. I’m hoping we’ve heard them all and maybe even participated in...
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Nelson Mandela to hell? by amina wadud
As I am transiting back into America from Asia, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela made his final transition from our collective human lives to the next dominion. (I mention my transition only to apologize for...
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Vipassana 3 by amina wadud
I really learned a lot from my Vipassana experience. I embraced the challenge to meditate for 10 hours a day and to keep noble silence in between. These were par for the course. However, in this...
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Slavery and God/dess by amina wadud
Well the Golden Globe awards have been handed out. I don’t have a television, so I didn’t actually watch, but a quick google search gives the results. Highest honors go to a movie about blacks as...
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Moving In by amina wadud
After 52 days of homelessness—or more precisely as I heard it called “sofa surfing”—sleeping between the sofa and air mattress in my children’s homes, not eating their food unless invited,...
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To Your Poor Health by amina wadud
This week I had started my blog in commemoration of Black History Month. Alas it has sat in my computer unfinished as the deadline is well past for my bi-monthly post. So here is why. As I was...
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Freedom and Faith by amina wadud
In September past I travelled to Zanzibar with a long time friend from Singapore. I intentionally planned to visit the places where other Africans, like my ancestors, were bought, sold, and held in...
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Celebration: International Women’s Day 2014 by amina wadud
I’m trying to finish this blog from Chile before I travel by bus over the Andes Mountains in to Buenos Aires. This is me: ticking things off my bucket list. It makes me look forward to what I want to...
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God is Too Big by amina wadud
In my current casual reading, a novel, the answer to the question “and where is God for you?” was expressed this way: “Definitely in the car with us as we talk and exchange things, and change each...
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No Honor for A Career of Hate by amina wadud
A recent decision by Brandeis University (founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian Jewish community-sponsored, coeducational institution) to take back its offer to give Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary doctorate...
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Ask me No Questions by amina wadud
In some alternate universe I would have complete control of what becomes part of discourse about me and about my work. In THIS universe, I just try to set some minimal standards even when it might...
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