Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight

Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

With a new afterword. â€œCompelling, meticulously researched. Should be required reading.â€â€•Washington Post
In Lahore, Pakistan, Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a â€œdark cornerâ€ by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks. In Senegal, wheelchair-bound Aissatou CissÃ© produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls. In Algeria, publisher Omar Belhouchet and his journalists struggled to put out their paper, El Watan (The Nation), the same night that a 1996 jihadist bombing devastated their offices and killed eighteen of their colleagues. In Afghanistan, Young Women for Change took to the streets of Kabul to denounce sexual harassment, undeterred by threats. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Abdirizak Bihi organized a Ramadan basketball tournament among Somali refugees to counter the influence of Al Shabaab. From Karachi to Tunis, Kabul to Tehran, across the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and beyond, these trailblazers often risked death to combat the rising tide of fundamentalism within their own countries.
But this global community of writers, artists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, activists, and educators of Muslim heritage remains largely invisible, lost amid the heated coverage of Islamist terror attacks on one side and abuses perpetrated against suspected terrorists on the other.
A veteran of twenty years of human rights research and activism, Karima Bennoune draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews to illuminate the inspiring stories of those who represent one of the best hopes for ending fundamentalist oppression worldwide.
20 illustrations
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 40444259
ReleaseDate 2014-12-08
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884806297334
EANs 9780393350258

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	40444259
ReleaseDate	2014-12-08
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884806297334
EANs	9780393350258

Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

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