Sexually Diverse Muslim Women Converts: Where Do They Stand?

Khan, Maryam

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72606-5_8

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“…Empowerment is going to look different for all Muslims, as we all don't face similar contexts, geographies and laws; that is what is so beautiful about Islam -it is inherently pluralistic. Each Muslims' Islam and practice of it will be different based on their unique standpoint, experiences and geographic contexts (Khan, 2021a(Khan, , 2021b.…”

Section: Muslim Women Fitting (Or Not) In Critical Social Work Femini...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Too Muslim to Be a Feminist and Too Feminist to Be a Muslim? Locating Lived Experiences of Feminism and Muslimness in Social Work Academe

Baksh,

Khan

2023

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In this paper, two authors seize space as Muslim women feminist social work educators and researchers. We challenge and hopefully silence homogenizing, essentialist and Islamophobic constructions. The first author is a hijabi, Indo-Caribbean, able-bodied cis-heterosexual Muslim feminist; the second author is a disabled, queer Muslim of South Asian heritage. We identify as racialized and firmly rooted in intersectional critical feminist perspectives. Using an autoethnographic, conversation-based approach, we share our narratives (lived experiences) in social work academe. Navigating feminisms, Muslimness, strategic essentialism and Islamophobia while engaging in a critical praxis, we attempt to bring together contradictory discourses for critical examination. We engage with the following questions: How do Muslim women fit (or not fit!) in social work academe? How do Muslim women fit (or not fit!) in critical social work feminist spheres? And what do Muslim feminist futures look like in social work academe? Our lived experiences as racialized Muslim feminists are standpoint perspectives which offer situated knowledges that disempower dominant social work discourses. Social work can no longer be reactionary and preserve the status quo; it must move forward with foresight and be an active player in dismantling inequities.

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Section: Muslim Women Fitting (Or Not) In Critical Social Work Femini...mentioning

confidence: 99%