New
Age Islam News Bureau
07
November 2020
• Jamilah Salem Al-Maliki, 75-year-old Saudi Woman, Turns Passion For Coffee Trees Into Family Business
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Maryam Nawaz ‘Taking Advantage’ Of Pakistanis’ Respect For Women: Imran
•
A Queer, Black Muslim Woman Who Wears A Hijab, Along With Other Muslim Women Championed
US Presidential Elections Against Trump
•
Afghanistan- What Afghan Women Want From Next US President?
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Strengthening Women's Participation in Iraqi Politics
•
Two Women Arrested After Returning From Syria
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Clerics In Deoband Fume As Scores Of Muslim Women in Lucknow and Agra, Observe Karva Chauth
Nov
7, 2020
Women
observe Karwa Chauth
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Muzaffarnagar:
Scores of Muslim women including a few in Lucknow and Agra observed fast on
Karva Chauth seeking health for their husbands, a gesture which has not gone
down well with a section of clerics in Deoband, the seat of country’s largest
Islamic seminary. They called the trend “un-Islamic”.
One
of the women, Gulnaz Anjum Khan of Lucknow, observed Karva Chauth according to
Hindu customs on Wednesday. Gulnaz’s husband, Rashid Khan, supported her and
said it will send out a good message. Gulnaz told media that some of her Muslim
friends also observe the fast on the day every year. “People should celebrate
all the festivals,” she said.
The
clerics disagreed. “Karva Chauth is not in Islam. And those who are adopting it
have nothing to do with Islam,” said Mufti Asad Qasmi, a cleric in Deoband,
Saharanpur.
“There
is a provision of Roza for those who follow Islam. But, despite this, if
someone observes Karva Chauth, it is his choice. Islam does not force anyone,”
Qasmi added.
Another
scholar of Islamic studies and patron of Jamiat Dawat Ul Muslimeen, Maulana
Kari Ishaq Gora, said, “Every religion has its set of rules and regulations.
Karva Chauth in not there in Islam.”
Scores
of Muslim women in Agra too observe the festival every year. They keep fast and
pray to Allah for the well being of their husbands.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/clerics-in-deoband-fume-as-muslim-women-observe-karva-chauth/articleshow/79086777.cms
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Jamilah
Salem Al-Maliki, 75-year-old Saudi Woman, Turns Passion For Coffee Trees Into
Family Business
November
07, 2020
Al-Maliki’s
skills have been picked up by her eight daughters who now help run the family’s
farming business. (Supplied)
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MAKKAH:
A 75-year-old Saudi mom has turned her lifelong passion for growing Khawlani
coffee trees into a family business venture.
Jamilah
Salem Al-Maliki has been nurturing the trees on her land in the Kingdom’s Jazan
region for decades, following traditional practices passed down through
generations of farmers.
Khawlani
coffee beans have been cultivated in the region’s rich soils for hundreds of
years and are considered to be some of the finest in the world.
And
Al-Maliki’s skills have been picked up by her eight daughters who now help run
the family’s farming business.
Every
morning after dawn, the women lovingly tend to more than 300 trees growing on
their village plots.
Similar
to many coffee farmers in Jazan, Al-Maliki learned the trade from a young age
by watching others and through hands-on practical experience.
And
despite her age, she still ploughs the land, trims leaves, harvests the beans,
and dehydrates them before selling to market.
A
native of Al-Dayer Bani Malek province, Al-Maliki has become something of a
local legend in the Kingdom’s southern coffee-growing community.
Her
relationship with the trees stems from a feeling of natural belonging to the
area where her family roots go back through several generations. Over the
years, she has steadily expanded the farm and now owns eight plantations
dedicated to growing her favorite trees.
Al-Maliki
told Arab News that she considered the coffee tree to be “sacred” and would do
anything possible to protect them.
Her
family had originally only used the farm’s produce for domestic consumption and
to share with relatives and friends in the village.
“In
the past, it was shameful to trade the coffee tree beans and instead they were
presented as gifts to relatives and guests visiting from outside the area, a
local tradition and custom,” she said.
“However,
Khawlani coffee beans have now become a product consumed globally.” The
international boom in demand for the coffee has helped to boost the local
economy and many farms have grown to become large-scale manufacturing
operations.
Al-Maliki
said she fully intended to continue developing her agricultural talent. “I want
to have the most accurate information that ensures caring for the coffee tree
and learning ways to protect it,” she added.
The
provincial branch of the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture runs courses and
workshops to help farmers hone their techniques and Al-Maliki hopes to attend
sessions in the future. By increasing her skills and knowledge she also aims to
compete for prize money worth SR3 million ($800,000) in a Jazan business awards
scheme. Al-Maliki’s farm is open to visitors who can watch age-old agricultural
activities being carried out using traditional tools.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1759406/saudi-arabia
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Maryam
Nawaz ‘Taking Advantage’ Of Pakistanis’ Respect For Women: Imran
November
07, 2020
Prime
Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice
President Maryam Nawaz was “taking advantage” of Pakistan’s respect for women
and using it to get away with using offensive language against the military
leadership.
The
above was said after the Sehat Sahulat Card Programme’s inauguration in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
“I
assure you, if it had been another country, she would have been thrown into
jail. But because we respect women here, she is allowed to speak openly,” the
premier said on the occasion.
PM
Imran said that Maryam continued to disrespect the military, who were laying
down their lives every day, during a time when the BJP party in India and its
“extremist” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were oppressing the people of Kashmir
and threatening Pakistan.
The
premier reiterated his stance on not giving the opposition and NRO, and referred
to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as the “biggest thieves” who were
trying to protect themselves.
The
premier pointed out that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan
People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, had accused each other of
being corrupt for the past three decades, but had now joined hands.
“One
goes to London and acts like he is very ill and we all feel sorry for him,” he
said, referring to PML-N supremo and Maryam’s father Nawaz. “Even the courts
felt sorry for him and asked the government to allow him to go abroad. I asked
the courts to at least take guarantee of Rs7 billion from him but eventually,
he went abroad.”
PM
Imran said that Nawaz was trying to get the army to have a mutiny against its
chief in order to protect his money, and asked: “Who could be a bigger enemy of
the country?”
He
said that the only way for the country to progress was based on the rule of
law, adding that the government was trying to turn Pakistan into a welfare
state based on the model of the State of Medina.
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/11/06/maryam-taking-advantage-of-pakistanis-respect-for-women-imran/
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A
Queer, Black Muslim Woman Who Wears A Hijab, Along With Other Muslim Women
Championed US Presidential Elections Against Trump
Nihad
Amani
7th
November 2020
US
Election: Mauree Turner tried to recruit other Oklahoma City activists to run
for state office, insisting that it was important to send underrepresented
candidates into the capital. More than a year later, Turner — a queer, Black
Muslim who wears a hijab and identifies as non binary — won a seat Tuesday in
the Oklahoma state legislature‚ becoming the first openly non binary and one of
the very few Muslim women, a state lawmaker in the country.
In
what we understand as a groundbreaking election, with incumbent Republican President
Donald Trump’s chances of re-election getting slim by the hour, a special
mention goes to the minority Muslim Americans who championed against him.
Including
Turner, here are the four Muslim women who created history in the 2020 US
Elections, the results of which are yet to be declared.
Mauree
Turner
Progressive
community organizer Mauree Turner won the race in House District 88 and broke
barriers in Oklahoma’s statehouse. Turner was raised in a Muslim and Baptist
household and is a member of the Masjid Mu’Min mosque in Oklahoma City.
The
Oklahoma Democrat who has created history as the first Muslim in the Oklahoma
Legislature and the first non binary legislator in America. She has taken over
71 per cent of the votes in Oklahoma’s 88th House District, which includes
Oklahoma City, beating out Republican candidate Kelly Barlean, a retired
attorney.
Turner
hopes to be a role model for the next generation of Oklahomans. Speaking to USA
Today said, “As a child, I honestly remember having conversations with my mom
where I thought that things would just be better if I was white, or if I was
just different in some way, shape or form,” Turner said. “So, it means a lot to
be able to provide that visibility for other folks.”
Rashida
Tlaib
An
outspoken progressive and a Palestinian American, Rashida Tlaib, a member of
the democratic party was a US Representative for Michigan, a 13th congressional
district since 2019. She is a Palestinian American and won Michigan with about
66 percent of votes.
Tlaib
is famously a part of the ‘Squad’ — staunch critics of President Donald Trump —
along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,
Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. They all won the re-election from the
respective constituencies this time too. The 44-year-old Tlaib has been shaking
things up since she made history two years ago as the first of two Muslim women
to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Tlaib
was always seen vocal over her critical views against Trump, speaking to
Al-Jazeera she said, “I can’t work with a white supremacist, corrupt, lawless
president.”
Ilhan
Omar
Part
of the ‘Squad’ along with Tlaib is Ilhan Omar, a Somali American congresswoman
who held onto her US House seat in Minnesota after she won the re-election and
defeated a well-funded Republican challenger.
Omar
also became a high-profile target of criticism, facing attacks from
congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump. Congressional Democrats
have rallied around Omar in the wake of the attacks from the President.
In
the year 2019, US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been at the center of
controversy after she suggested former President Barack Obama is a “pretty
face” who “got away with murder”.
In
a statement issued after the sworn-in ceremony, Ilhan also the first woman to
wear a Hijab or a head cover worn by Muslim woman, putting an end to the
181-year-old ban on wearing any type of headwear on the floor, said she would
fight the Trump administration’s efforts to divide the American public and
reject Trump’s ‘hateful’ border wall, Quartz Africa reported.
Iman
Jodeh
Democratic
party candidate Iman Jodeh has been selected as the congresswoman for the
Colorado House of Representatives beating Republican candidate Robert Andrews
in the polls.
Jodeh
was born in Colorado to two Palestinian parents who immigrated to the US in
1974. She earned a BA in Political Science, and then a master’s degree in
Public Policy from the University of Colorado Denver, where she is now
lecturing.
In
2008, Jodeh founded the non-profit Meet the Middle East, a group seeking to
build bridges of relationships and understanding between Americans and the
people of the Middle East. She also works as a coordinator and community
activist at the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, which seeks to empower
communities to defend themselves in the US Congress.
In
her campaign, Jodeh won the support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a
weighty figure in progressive political circles.
https://www.siasat.com/muslim-women-who-championed-us-presidential-elections-against-trump-2017403/
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Afghanistan-
What Afghan Women Want From Next US President?
11/6/2020
KABUL:
One day after the US Presidential election, a number of Afghan women called on
the next US President to support them in achieving a real democracy in
Afghanistan.
A
number of women's rights activists in a gathering in western Herat province,
said that the US should stand with Afghan women in the current peace process
between Afghan government and the Taliban group in Doha. 'The next US President
must weigh Afghan women in achieving equal status within the structure of the
government.'
The
rights activities said that Afghan women have made great sacrifices in the last
two decades to achieve their rights, emphasizing these should not be ignored.
Golsum
Seddiqi, an Afghan woman lawyer has called on the International Community,
especially the US not to leave Afghan women alone, fearing this could trigger
them back to the darkest era of twenty years ago.
Afghan
women made a tremendous achievement in different areas such as politics,
social, cultural and civil in the past two decades. 'These achievements were
not possible sans support of the international community and the US directly,
and we want to continue to work together to preserve these achievements,' she
said.
Sakineh
Hhosseini, a member of the Herat Provincial Council said the government of the
US had always helped Afghan women improve their social and political statues.
'Now Washington must come to the fore and as usual support the women in achieving
equal rights with men in the peace talks,' she demanded.
She
also said that the next US President should also increase development budgets
for women.
This
is as Trump and Biden are in neck to neck on the US Presidential election and
based on US media report after Joseph R. Biden Jr. pulled narrowly ahead in
Georgia on Friday, the focus shifted to Pennsylvania, whose 20 electoral votes
could lift Mr. Biden decisively above the 270 he would need to become the next
president.
https://menafn.com/1101085051/Afghanistan-What-Afghan-women-want-from-next-US-president
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Strengthening
Women's Participation in Iraqi Politics
11/6/2020
Most
comprehensive report to date on women's participation in political life in
Iraq: Challenges and ways to overcome them
Women's
participation in political processes in Iraq is hampered by many obstacles,
despite Iraqi women's determination to engage in the public sphere. In 2020,
Iraq ranked 70th worldwide in terms of women holding seats in parliament.
These
findings are highlighted in a new report by the United Nations Assistance
Mission for Iraq ( UNAMI ) , the United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Western Asia ( ESCWA ) and the Iraq Foundation , which documents the
challenges faced by women running for elected public office and the factors
influencing voter choices regarding women candidates. The report also proposes
a set of recommendations to overcome these challenges.
UNAMI's
Deputy Special Representative Alice Walpole explained:
"Women's
meaningful participation does not just mean increasing the numbers of women in
public life - although that's a good start! It also means pursuing pro-women
legislation; it means politics that address issues of concern to women, such as
domestic violence; it means removing barriers that impede women's equal
participation in decision-making.
"The
research study that we are discussing today provides a compelling picture of
the challenges women encounter when entering politics, suggests what could help
them move ahead; and identifies areas where some simple changes would make a
huge difference to women's access to the political arena."
In
addition to quantitative data, the report relies on a large number of
interviews and focus groups with women professionals, current and previous
members of parliament and of provincial councils, and civil society and human
rights activists in Iraq.
It
reveals the different types of constraints on women's participation in
political life, including socio-cultural constraints such as prevailing traditional
stereotypes or traditional gendered divisions of labour; political constraints,
with a quota system being implemented to increase women's participation rates;
and economic and financial constraints including lack of funding for the
political campaigns of women candidates.
"It
is time for policymakers in Iraq to acknowledge that women's meaningful
political participation is not a luxury or a gift. It is an inseparable part of
establishing real democracy, justice and equality for all," underlined Iraq
Foundation President Rend Al-Rahim.
Some
of the challenges faced by women are of bureaucratic and structural nature,
such as the media's portrayal of women as inadequate and ineffective.
Women
are often excluded from decision-making in sensitive sectors relating to
security and conflict resolution negotiations. Women candidates also face
discouragement or even intimidation from family and society, and threats by
opponents and challengers.
However,
the report underlines that, despite these tremendous challenges, practical
experience shows that women have proven their ability to manage State affairs
and are also viewed as transparent, credible, efficient, responsible, honest
and accurate.
"We
call for the promotion and dissemination of a culture of gender equality and
for the inclusion of women's participation among policy priorities to
consolidate the values of equality, justice and democracy. It is also very
important to establish a national machinery for the advancement of women,"
highlighted Leader of the Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development
Cluster at ESCWA Mehrinaz Elawady.
The
launch of the report will be followed by training courses for women interested
in taking up a role in Iraqi public life, in addition to training for media
professionals to explore their role in reporting on women's political activism.
https://menafn.com/1101086409/Strengthening-Womens-Participation-in-Iraqi-Politics&source=22
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Two
Women Arrested After Returning From Syria
November
07, 2020
Two
women aged 27 and 30 from The Hague were arrested at Schiphol on Tuesday
evening. They have stayed in Syria in recent years and, according to the Public
Prosecution Service, they were part of a terrorist organization. In any case,
they will remain stuck for the next two weeks.
The
27-year-old woman traveled to Syria after the attacks in Paris in 2015 to join
the Islamic State, according to the OM. The 30-year-old woman presumably left
for Syria a year earlier.
The
OM reports that both were in a camp in northeastern Syria and recently traveled
to Turkey on their own via Iraq. There they reported to a Dutch diplomatic
post. They had no children with them.
On
the plane to the Netherlands they were accompanied by marechaussees.
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