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Fatemeh Fakhraie

Fatemeh Fakhraie is an Iranian-American Muslim woman who writes articles about race, religion, and feminism in different outlets, and speaks publicly about issues that Muslim women face from an Islamic feminist viewpoint. She founded and currently serves as editor of Muslimah Media Watch, a website that critiques media images of Muslim women.

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Religion Dispatches
Is “an eye for an eye” the best that imams and scholars can prescribe for domestic violence in the Muslim community?
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Religion Dispatches
Defining pornography as things that “arouse sexual propensity, desires or longings” sets a moral tone without a concrete definition of “sexual desire” or “incitement,” a problem that worries the non-Muslim population.
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Religion Dispatches
The landmark event depicts a religion in transition, but what of the criticisms that it’s just a publicity stunt?
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