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Ramadan & Pregnancy, Omar Rizvi
Ramadan & Pregnancy, Omar Rizvi
Celebration of Learning
Fasting during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is one of the five pillars of Islam and is fard (obligatory) for all Muslims physically and mentally capable of doing so. In the Qur’an, it is made abundantly clear that religion and its acts of worship are not meant to pose undue difficulty or hardship (Qur’an 22:78, 5:6, 2:185). My paper explores the Islamic definitions for “unnecessary difficulty” and “physically capable” specifically in regards to pregnant women. At what point does fasting incur significant, if any, damage to the fetus that it should prevent the mother from participating in …
"Could This Comic Book Really End Islamophobia?": Initial Press Coverage Of Ms. Marvel #1 As Commodity Activism, Jacob Boucher
"Could This Comic Book Really End Islamophobia?": Initial Press Coverage Of Ms. Marvel #1 As Commodity Activism, Jacob Boucher
Scholars Week
This poster provides an overview at the initial press coverage of the Marvel comic book Ms. Marvel #1 which features an Islamic superheroine located in New Jersey. The comic was released in 2013 and was upheld a progressive move in comics. The author interrogates the rhetoric used by various media sources to establish the comic as a form of commodity activism and how this media coverage achieves this effect through the use of assimilationist and neoliberal rhetoric. The author finds that popular media coverage of the comic establishes the social problem of Islamophobia and lack of diverse representation in comics, …
The Right To Choose: Women’S Political Activity In Islamic States, Emily A. Gibson
The Right To Choose: Women’S Political Activity In Islamic States, Emily A. Gibson
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
The past fifteen to twenty years have seen a significant shift in focus to the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region as well as other primarily Islamic regions and countries, including Indonesia. Much of Western foreign policy has been allocated to tracking and stopping trans-national Islamic terrorist networks such as Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab, and working with the governments of the countries throughout which these groups operate. Despite what popular culture may portray, those who study Islam and its adherents have come to recognize that these terrorist groups represent a severe minority of what is often a thoughtful and peaceful faith. However, …