Alex McCarthy

Foodie, word nerd, intersectional feminist. Comms @Musawah. @LSEGenderTweet alum.

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

So excited for this--starting now!
#freeourfamilylaws #muslimwomenspeak #feministswantsystemschange

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

[THREAD] We are kicking off our online Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform, beginning this 23 - 28 November! As part of the programme, we're bringing you 4 exciting webinars. Trust your inner #FOMO and register now! #FreeOurFamilyLaws

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

“What is galling is the fact that for non-Muslim women, law reforms have moved forward to recognise equality. But for Muslim women, in the name of Islam, you can be discriminated against.” Zainah Anwar on #Malaysia’s Muslim family laws.
#FreeOurFamilyLaws
https://t.co/3CS9KjGc0g

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

@UN @SistersinIslam 2/2 Zainah Anwar: "...It is also a recognition of the courage of Muslim women in different parts of the world who dare to speak out against those who abuse God’s name to justify injustice and discrimination.”

#IslamUnsurrendered
#StandWithSaudiFeminists

https://t.co/3jQS2HUcTI

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

@hayahz at #IslamUnsurrendered:
"Impacts of discriminatory law & Quazi court system on Muslim women are deep, real & far-reaching and it's destroying people, families & our communities. It's doing the exact opposite of what a family law should be doing."💪

#myMFL #WomenAsQuazis

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

Preach it, sisters! 🙌

[SIS Forum Malaysia @SISForumMY]

Whose truth do you want to live by?

#sistersinislam #muslimwomenspeak #riseagainstextremism #womenagainstextremism #IslamUnsurrendered #youthagainstextremism #SISforwomen

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

@musawah ED Zainah Anwar speaks at @sistersinislam's #IslamUnsurrendered conf: "If there is no equality in the family, there will be no equality in the public sphere."

w/ @hindunanisahpkb
@hayahz

#womenagainstextremism
#SISforwomen
#MuslimWomenSpeak

[ZULaikha H. Shihab @ZulaikhaShihab]

Dr Nur Rofiah at @SistersinIslam conf #RisingAgainstExtremism - Muslim women are the producers of Islamic Knowledge. They are not just subjects of Fatwas, but producers of Fatwas.

@n_rofiah
#MuslimWomenSpeak

[ZULaikha H. Shihab @ZulaikhaShihab]

“We make this road by walking it, we construct Islam by living it” - powerful message from @TheLadyImam

#PutThatOnATshirt
#IslamUnsurrendered
#MuslimWomenSpeak

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

@TheLadyImam underlines that she's talking about deconstructing the idea that authority is still "out there" somewhere, rather than right here.
Powerful reminder to look within for the God-given.
#MuslimWomenSpeak
#IslamUnsurrendered

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

@TheLadyImam at #IslamUnsurrendered: women's lived experiences are enough to underscore their authority; they don't need to justify it -- "They must just be."

"We all have authority!"

#MuslimWomenSpeak #WomenAgainstExtremism

[Baroness Gohir OBE @ShaistaGohir]

“Women are not taught to question and only taught to accept (men’s version of Islam)” - Rozana Isa ED @SistersinIslam #WomenAgainstExtremism Dear women #claimyourauthority !

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

.@Musawah's @anakcelup kicking off @SistersinIslam #IslamUnsurrendered panel w/ @theladyimam & @n_rofiah on "Muslim Women as Authorities & Producers of Islamic Knowledge" that reflects today's lived realities & experiences.

#womenagainstextremism

[Emerlynne Gil @EmerlynneGil]

Does demanding #genderequality make one a deviant? Certainly not. #Women shld be able to remain in their religion w/out being discriminated w/in the religion. @SistersinIslam works to eliminate discriminatory teachings & interepretations of religious laws #riseagainstextremism

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

😍 yaaaasss, resistance and resilience! Zainah Anwar's words to live by.

#WomenAgainstExtremism #IslamUnsurrendered

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

"Because we will get hit again and again, but each time we will stand up, dust off the battle scars, build new allies and fight the good fight because we believe, in the end, justice will prevail" -Zainah Anwar, @musawah ED

#IslamUnsurrendered
#womenagainstextremism
#SISforwomen

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

Recounting story on Birmingham school protests, @ShaistaGohir: "Muslims have diverse families. There are families with two mommies because of polygamy...there's a lot of hypocrisy [in the protest]."

#IslamUnsurrendered #riseagainstextremism #DiverseFamilies

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

#myMFL #IslamUnsurrendered

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

Nada Nashat @CEWLACenter: There's a law in Eqypt that allows authorities to say, "If you're insulting religion, we're going to put you in prison"; that's how the state controls religious discourse.

And control extends to "nationhood", @AzzaSoliman1 travel ban as case in point.

[Alex McCarthy @mclexing]

UK's version of Malaysia's "deviant" apparently is "deformist"; @ShaistaGohir made it to Top 8 deformists.

If seeking knowledge for and increasing access to #womensrights = deformist, we'll start getting t-shirts made. 💪

#SISforwomen
#IslamUnsurrendered #womenagainstextremism

[MUSAWAH @musawah]

Recounting story on Birmingham school protests, @ShaistaGohir: "Muslims have diverse families. There are families with two mommies because of polygamy...there's a lot of hypocrisy [in the protest]."

#IslamUnsurrendered #riseagainstextremism #DiverseFamilies

[SIS Forum Malaysia @SISForumMY]

A survey conducted by @SistersinIslam found that:

Muslim women feel that they are expected to bear the injustices imposed on them (as they are ‘worldly trials’) and not complain or ask for a change in the status quo.

#riseagainstextremism

[ZULaikha H. Shihab @ZulaikhaShihab]

"We point out that the real battleground is not between Islam and secularism or human rights or women’s rights, but between despotism and patriarchy on the one hand, and democracy and gender justice on the other." - Zainah Anwar @musawah
#RisingAgainstExtremism

[ARROW @ARROW_Women]

Marina Mahathir @netraKL delivers a powerful speech at @SistersinIslam’s #IslamUnsurrendered Conference today.

“Why are our consciousness undisturbed as half of our population face injustice?“ she asks as she urges women to #riseagainstextremism.