Podcasts about faithless hijabi

When doubt creeps in about the faith you've grown up in and nobody will tolerate your questions, when you look at your life ahead mapped out by others and wonder where your ambitions fit - how do you step away? Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women from Tanzania and Scotland about leaving their religion. Zara Kay grew up in Tanzania in a strict Muslim family. She faced disapproval when she chose not to wear a hijab, for moving abroad to study, and for her career as an IT engineer. But the abuse she received after expressing support for gay marriage exposed such hate in her community that she left the religion. On a recent trip to visit family in Tanzania she was arrested. She now lives in Sweden and works with an online organisation, Faithless Hijabi, supporting other former-Muslims. Ali Millar was raised in a community of Jehovah's Witness in Scotland - spending Saturdays knocking on doors trying to convert people. As a teenager she struggled with trying to fit in at school and make friends while at the same time obeying the rules of her religion. Married young she wasn't allowed to follow the career she dreamed of. Realising her daughter would face the same restricted life, she walked out on the religion and hasn't seen her mother or sister since. Ali's book about her experience is called The Last Days. Produced by Jane Thurlow (Image: (L) Zara Kay, credit Andrew Bott Phototherapy. (R) Ali Millar, courtesy Ebury Press.)

Faithless Hijabi website: https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/ Faithless Hijabi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi Support the work of Faithless Hijabi: https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/ Follow Zara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zarakayk References: Zara's offending Facebook post featuring a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca: https://www.facebook.com/zara.kayk/posts/3550692608358194 Zara and Nick's Medium piece on their work and Mariam Oyiza, a Nigerian ex-Muslim who now fights for women's rights, ‘On being a Faithless Hijabi': https://medium.com/@nickforbes_74938/on-being-a-faithless-hijabi-fa73f8827901 Mariam's website: https://letsaii.com/mariam-aliyu/ Iona's Two for Tea conversation with Sadia Hameed: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/94-sadia-hameed-separatist-communities-in-the-uk-public-limited-version Timestamps: 2:04 Zara's ethnic background and her upbringing in Tanzania as part of the closed minority Khoja Shia community. 4:47 A tea-based interruption and interlude; Iona lays down the tea-law. 5:19 Zara continues discussing her upbringing. 6:36 The links between the Khoja community and Shiism in Iraq and Iran. 7:22 Zara's languages and education. 8:19 Zara on the social life of the community growing up: religious and ethnic segregation and family networks. The Khoja community as a “parallel community.” 11:08 Zara discusses breaking away from the community and moving abroad; her desire to pursue higher education. Her feeling of liberation in Malaysia: a place where you could be a Muslim and not wear a hijab and meet people of other ethnicities and religions. 13:38 Zara on meeting a “flamboyant” gay man for the first time and Islamic homophobia. Her first argument with her brother was about his homophobia. 15:03 Zara on the “culture shocks” of coming out of the community bubble and her family's relative liberalism. Moving to Australia. 17:58 Zara's recent return to Tanzania on family business: weird experiences, harassment, and detention and questioning by police for 72 hours about her opinions and posts (including a photoshop of two men kissing in front of the Kaaba in Mecca) on social media. Nick's role: he and others formed a group to make noise about Zara's disappearance. 31:26 Zara's difficulty getting out of Tanzania and back to Australia after her detention. The Australian government's reluctance to help. 36:08 The bigger picture in Tanzania: police and political corruption, brutality, and repression of activists. 39:38 Nick talks about his conservative Christian background, leaving his faith, becoming woke, becoming un-woke after Charlie Hebdo, and becoming involved in ex-Muslim issues. and Faithless Hijabi: what it is and how he got involved. 41:39 How Nick got involved with Faithless Hijabi. What Faithless Hijabi is and what it does: supporting ex-Muslims with mental health issues. 43:38 Zara describes the origins, evolution, and work of Faithless Hijabi. The plight of ex-Muslims and the issues they face. 51:19 Nick tells the story of Mariam, a Nigerian woman who was helped by Faithless Hijabi after she left her conservative Sunni community. 52:08 Faithless Hijabi's therapist vetting process. Risks and trust issues with seeking therapy as an ex-Muslim/apostate. 56:19 The left's failure to support ex-Muslims and apostates. ABC's cutting of an interview with Zara because she spoke about being an ex-Muslim activist. 57:18 Zara talks about what people can do to best support ex-Muslims: we need free and open and nuanced debate between people of all backgrounds about sensitive issues like the hijab rather than caving to claims of offence or prevaricating with cultural relativism.

Zara Kay: The Religous Switch Today I am extremely excited to Switch the Sitch with Human Rights Activist Zara Kay. Zara founded Faithless Hijabi, an international non-profit organisation that seeks to support the rights of Muslim-raised women, especially those who are in the process of leaving or have left Islam. She is a fierce advocate for women's rights and left the Muslim faith as the value system conflicted with that of her own. Zara was detained in Tanzania in 2020 because of her social media posts, though they couldn't legally detain her they tried to delay her travel by misplacing her Australian passport. Zara founded Faithless Hijabi in 2018, with a mission to "Educate through stories," and "to empower an underrepresented group of women." Zara and I discuss her passion to empower other women through education, her passion to recognise honor based abuse and her work with home affairs body in Australia to get more information on how we currently have support for these issues here on home soil.  Join our Facebook Group to chat to Zara or other likeminded community members who are Switching their Sitch,  starting a small business or growing an Empire!  

This week I welcome special guest Zara Kay, founder of Faithless Hijabi and a woman with a story to tell about her persecution as an ex-Muslim in her homeland of Tanzania last year. She is now safe and back home in Australia, but little thanks to the Australian government. We go over all the details... The post Sensibly Speaking Podcast #304: Zara Kay and Faithless Hijabi appeared first on The Sensibly Speaking Podcast.

Apostasy in Islam is described as the conscious abandonment of faith in Islam by a Muslim in word or through deed. More than 20 Muslim-majority states of the world declare apostasy by Muslims to be a crime with some treating it as a capital offence. While several studies have revealed that Atheism is rising across the world, Ex-Muslims are perhaps one of the most ostracised groups within this changing global landscape on religion. This episode sheds light on the Ex-Muslim position, particularly Ex-Muslim women and how they navigate the fear, shame and stigma attached to apostasy in Islam. Zara Kay, an Ex-Muslim activist and founder of an online story-telling platform: Faithless Hijabi, speaks to us about the Ex-Muslim movement and the complex gendered aspects of leaving Islam. Faithless Hijabi Website: https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/ ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blab-coats/id1243851473?mt=2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hamid-sediqi/blabcoats Website: www.BLabCoats.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BLabCoats/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/blabcoats

Zara Kay is an ex-Muslim activist with first-hand perspective and strong opinions about Islam. She joined me for a candid conversation about Muslims, feminism, "Islamophobia," the Left, and the important work we must do to fight the fundamentalists.Follow Zara on Twitter at @zarakayk Faithless Hijabi is at https://www.facebook.com/faithlesshijabi VIDEO of this discussion is at https://youtu.be/7Bfs-H1fx2cSupport our sponsor. Get a free trial at http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/seth

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/2Fex-muslim-women-25566215  "My life is coloured with a constant sense of relief. Relief that I escaped an abusive relationship with Allah and Muhammad. Relief to be free of indefinite guardianship. Relief that I can embrace my true potential. Relief that I can exist without apology." So writes Egyptian-Australian Omayma Mohamed, an increasingly influential ex-Muslim woman and writer for Faithless Hijabi, the organization spearheaded by our past guest, Zara Kay. In this episode, Omayma shares her story and we discuss the vibrant, fast-growing ex-Muslim movement happening in Australia.

Armin and Zara discuss Islam's intolerance with scrutiny. In order for us to be able to continue the Atheist Republic, we need your help. We think if we reach 100 patrons we'll finally be able to afford all our costs. Help us get there: https://www.patreon.com/atheistrepublic  Watch the video version of this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/140ZU8tHkkc  Zara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zarakayk  Faithless Hijabi: https://www.facebook.com/faithlesshijabi Follow Armin: http://www.atheistrepublic.com/Armin  

What Islam really says about women? Armin Navabi and Zara Kay discuss women rights in Islam and more. Zara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zarakayk  Faithless Hijabi: https://www.facebook.com/faithlesshijabi  Please consider supporting us on: http://www.atheistrepublic.com/   Watch the video version of this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_Rc83vYAev8  Contact Armin: http://www.atheistrepublic.com/Armin   In order for us to be able to continue the Atheist Republic, we need your help. We think if we reach 100 patrons we'll finally be able to afford all our costs. Help us get there: https://www.patreon.com/atheistrepublic