S1E14: Facing Abuse in Community Environments- Out Now! (Listen here: https://www.flow.page/thinklikealady)
*Trigger Warning: sensitive content
From the pages of her newly released poetry book, The Sunflower’s Moon, the heart wrenching words of the up and coming poet @sofia.nehal leaves the reader astounded by the depth of pain one can carry. You can buy her book, The Sunflower’s Moon on Amazon.
Have you heard the phrase “Believe all women”? Well there’s a deeper meaning to be had about the logic this phrase offers. Have you ever wondered what the investigative process looks like when several parties come forward with an allegation against an individual? This episode, Afroze sits down with Sara Bawany (@sara.bawany ) a licensed social worker from FACE, an organization designed to tackle abuse in community environments. FACE recently published an investigative report against Mohamed Ali Mohamed Egeesa, otherwise known as Sheikh Abo Ras, a well known community leader in the town of Windsor, Ontario in Canada. Afroze and Sara discuss the specific allegations in this case and the evidence FACE used to substantiate the allegations. From allegations of clergy misconduct, marriage fraud and takhbib (an Arabic term that refers tp the act of convincing, incentivizing, pressuring, manipulating, or persuading a person to divorce their spouse with an ulterior motive and/or malice that is usually personally beneficial to the one doing the convincing), to allegations of blackmail and workplace misconduct.
We discuss how an organization such as FACE has made it their mission to foster safe community environments by holding abusive religious and community leadership accountable. You can visit their website to access their database of released investigative reports of community abuse, or to report abuse. To learn more about FACE go to www.Facetogether.org or visit their IG @facingabuse
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S1E7: Children Born out of Wed-Lock out Now! (Listen here: https://flow.page/thinklikealady)
Dua and Afroze discuss that all children are a blessing no matter how they are brought into this world. Complex ideas are explored that run parallel to each other but in opposite directions. Just as we’re told to avoid sin, we’re also taught that we’re guaranteed we’re going to commit them (both on a big and small scale). Just as intimacy outside of marriage is is forbidden, a child as a result of that sin is still a blessing. Two counter-intuitive notions that run parallel to one another but in opposite directions... because we know morality and ethics don’t always coincide and that this life is complex.
We discuss several aspects of this complex topic
1. Ramifications for men vs women when children are born our of wedlock
2. Positive Islamic point of view (All children were meant to be born, even through sin)
3. Ramifications for the child itself in Islamic society versus all societies
4. Mental Health impact on children who grow up without a father in the picture
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