Montserrat Cifreno Change your cover photoUpload Change your cover photoUpload Change your cover photo Montserrat Cifreno This user account status is Approved About About Posts Posts Comments Comments You consider that reforming a religion is more important than defending freedom and denouncing FGM. Well, even Mahmoud Taha thought… On No Honor for A Career of Hate Do not be astonished. Women and Islam are at odds. Indonesia had a wonderful Buddhist/Hindu syncretism spoiled by new Muslim… On When Some People Say “Religion” They Mean “My” Religion Why not Good person / Bad person? Western societies are slowly succeeding at granting economic independence to women. There are… On Good Muslim, Bad Muslim by amina wadud As Ms Wadud mentions, the Islamic story of the creation serves to establish a Khalifah or moral agent / vice-regent… On Forgiveness (is a two-way street) In Arabic, the sun is feminine and the moon is masculine. So is in German. Allah is the equivalent of… On The 99 names of Allah The truth is that few people in the West cared about women wearing hijabs or other similar veils until some… On Burqas and Broomsticks As the prophet waged wars against his enemies and imposed his rule through violence, it would be awkward to ban… On Muslim Separatists and The Idea of an “Islamic” State The prophet's first wife was rich, cultivated and free. Meaning that Islam brought no freedom to Arab women. They were… On Early Marriage and Early Islam Africans brought to the US were often Muslims, as African Sultanates were the main slave traders in Africa before the… On Slavery and God/dess