I'm bored of talking about Muslim Women | Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan | TEDxCoventGardenWomen
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- Опубликовано: 6 дек 2017
- Why women’s rights are seen as being central to the discourse on Islam? And why are we so fascinated with Muslim women? These are some of the crucial questions Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan invites us to think about in her quest to dismantle oppressive structures in society. Suhaiymah is a writer and spoken word poetry performer. She began running the popular blog www.thebrownhijabi.com three years ago where she has written on topics including race, gender, Islamophobia, intersectional feminism and the decolonising of academia. Her work has been published in TheIndependent and she is a contributor to the Cut From the Same Cloth anthology which will be published in 2018-19. Suhaiymah won second place title in the London Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2017 with her poem, ‘This is Not a Humanising Poem’ which subsequently went viral on the internet. As a History and Postcolonial Studies graduate from Cambridge and SOAS respectively she speaks about her topics of interest and research regarding the construction and criminalisation of South Asian migrants, diasporas and Muslims in Britain. She believes in the liberation of all people from every type of injustice and oppression in this world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Strong talk. I am sick of "proving" and "challenging stereotypes" that's not my life goal I have bigger dreams and my time can be used in a wiser way than explaining and showing a positivity
indeed...
@youcometome9 bruh what do yo think that Islam promote terrorism , i thought terrorism does not have any religion so are you saying something else and i can't get you?
Joud Toamah Well, where is the venue of this talk? It seems to be either at Covent Garden opera house or from some theatre in Covent Garden, in the West End of London. Apart from the hijab-wearing young lady appearing here, on stage as it were, how many Muslim women, inclined to wear the hijab, have appeared on this very stage in a play, musical or opera? I wonder. May a young lady in the U.K. who wears a hijab dream of 'taking to the stage'? To carve a career in the arts as a Shakespearean actor? Or stage musical starlet?
Or is it always going to be the case that the next time we see a young lady of Muslim background performing on this stage will be at the next doom-laden talk event in ten or twenty years' time?
As you must see, I want to challenge the old stereotypes, too. And I ain't sick of it.
Any hope?
Right
Oh if muslims women only read the quran with their own eyes and not listen to their lying mullas. The job of a imam is to to keep the sheeple in a state of ignorance for better control and not to enlighten muslims on quranic verses. I challenge any muslim women to actually read what the quran chapter(sura) 4 An-Nisa(The Women) says about you as well as authentic(sahih) hadiths such as "Sahih Bukhari" and "Sahih Muslim" will do. Once you read and understood the verse i will congratulate you on your apostasy and freedom from the shackles of 1slam.
No woman in a burqa (or a hijab or a burkini) has ever done me any harm. But I was sacked (without explanation) by a man in a suit. Men in suits missold me pensions and endowments, costing me thousands of pounds. A man in a suit led us on a disastrous and illegal war. Men in suits led the banks and crashed the world economy. Other men in suits then increased the misery to millions through austerity. If we are to start telling people what to wear, maybe we should ban suits.
- Henry Stewart
ΜΕΤΡΟΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΝ (ΚΛΕΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ Ο ΛΙΝΔΙΟΣ)
Maybe you were sacked because you're clueless. The point is women and children are not equal humans to muslim men - that is a fact. Why don't you migrate to Raqqa and see if you can get a job working for a woman in a burqa.
@anonymous guy may be your also not aware about Earth is flat and Mohammed flied on horse to heaven at speed of light!! Even that was white horse 🐎😂😁
@@ravikumark7954 actually, it was more akin to a donkey than a horse and the wings were tiny.... they were no longer than your forearm
geeetube maybe if US israel Saudi and uk stop bombing their countries they’ll get to learn and grow 😂😂
This resonated so deeply with a conflict within me as a Muslim woman that I didn’t even know existed. I guess that goes to show just how narrowly our problems may have been pigeonholed until now
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Intelligent , rational , sensible, noble.......
Am i the only one who like her voice sound?
No!
No me too💗
yes. very warm.
Stephen Thomas WTF you on about ! Where on earth did you pick this nonsense from? Hmmm 🤔 clearly shows your surname is Lucifer the troll 👹
@Real world u never heard malaysia then
One of the very few people who could give words to such complicated issue. Amazing
Fantastic talk. Thank you for talking about what we’ve all been thinking! As a Muslim woman I really am sick and tired of talking about these constant narratives.
My best friend is Muslim. we walk dance and have been friends over 20 years. we just dont think about it.
For most of us in the West, sexism is just as offensive as racism.
you should not focus on people that talk about muslims, but about changing islam. Because islam NEEDS a reeform
Giulia. Will dear if u don’t agree with it doesn’t mean it is wrong and it need to change by human rules Islam is religion from Allah god our creator and he knows the best for what he creates and unlike other religions Islam remain the same without human changing in it to match what they desired and wants
@@madapigi1 NO honey, you need a reform.
This is making me cry. It's so beautiful. And her voice is wow
This is just a fantastic take....
Unfortunately it's also very depressing
I wish she'd say it louder for those in the back 👏👏
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
@@FarhanKhan-vl1db What's your problem? Why are you saying these things here??
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
MashAllah. Nice talk. A much needed and fresh perspective.
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
How much longer does Islam want to live in ignorance. Sharia is the ignorance of Islam that has always been fought for, where it is the destruction of humanity on this earth.
She's a poet aswell. She's so amazing. She deserves a standing ovation 👏 👏 👏
Amazing!!!!!
So true
Why should we always PROVE that we are not oppressed coz the truth is we are not
Let's not stereotype every social problem to be Islamic and let's look at it keeping aside the stereotypes and hypocrisy 🙂
Why is it that not one muslim-majority nation is secular? how come you want equal rights when only as a minority? Where are the equal rights for minorities in countries where muslims are the majority?
@Earth Being Amazing how quickly they start demanding equal rights, everyone must be treated the same regardless of religion as soon as they find themselves powerless as a minority
As soon as they become the majority, gain in numbers, they start their religious abuse!
The most two-faced people on the planet!
What is sad is the western media takes their side! Never asks them about their hypocrisy!
@@ramaraksha01 Lol thatis why hindus are flocking to muslim countries for jobs 😂😂
@@mdziyad9610 this is silly - how many muslims have fled to christian countries?
How many muslims still work for jews in israel
What does that prove?
You guys got lucky you found oil under your feet - take that away muslim countries would be dirt poor
@@mdziyad9610 1 billion muslims - 0 Noble Prizes in Science
A few million Jews - Hundreds of Noble Prizes in Science
It is with Jewish science that you were able to get oil out of the ground, they invented the car - for which we use oil
How we wish the numbers would be reversed
You've done an amazing job! Thank you for giving such an eloquent talk.
i adore her voice omg
"look closer, listen harder and ask more quesiton"
Love ya! Say it louder to the background!
@Real world can you be quiet before you get destroyed
@MMA TRAINER have you read the quran instead of looking for"bad ayahs"
@MMA TRAINER how bout you read quran, and not focus on one specific instruction. besides, Allah is the greatest, and he does everything for a reason, even if it is not clear to us at this momment
@MMA TRAINER so did you read the context or not
Thank you for being real, and saying what every Muslim female thinks throughout their life.
Beautiful talk, thank you for guiding me!
I love the perspective from which she discussed the topic. It's eye opening and would draw more attention compared to disproving stereotypes .
What a great talk. Phenomenal.
Yupo
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How much longer does Islam want to live in ignorance. Sharia is the ignorance of Islam that has always been fought for, where it is the destruction of humanity on this earth.
@@travelworld841 And also aliens
@@mansoorkhanjadoon1360 what alien ha to do anything with what he just said?
Islam will never change. such people want to mould the islam in the way they are ......Keep working hard but zero result 🙂
Jazakallahu khairan sister. This has touched me in such a deeper level given the fact that I am struggling tackling the problem of the 'seem things' being the 'real things' in the world we live in today! Ah! I am exhausted myself!
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Well done 👍🏼 I like the refreshing perspective 🙏🏼
I totally agree, Suhaiymah! SubhanAllah
Wow!!! FINALLY!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Couldn't have said it better myself! THANK YOU!👏🏾👌🏽🔥🔥🔥
Ma Shaa Allah
its trueee. people should be able to wear what they want. it should be allowed for them to wear their garnments and stuff but it should never be enforced for them to wear it.
@MMA TRAINER No... that's wrong
MMA TRAINER
Muhammed(Pbuh) said
”don’t hit the female servants of Allah”. So you guys must’ve took that verse out of context.
@COMBAT TRAINER Says the person who was spreading false lies about a fake translation of the Quran.
@@user-oo6vr1ky5f islam and feminism is not at all compatible
"people should be able to wear what they want"
Absolutely. I come from Iran and people can wear whatever they want (within the bounds of modesty, of course).
This girl is so cool.
Gender equality in Quran: the word gender equality we tend to think means "the same". Quran teaches gender equity as opposed to gender equality- Rather than being the same/alike, men and women are complementary to one another. Therefore unlike the world that teaches women to emulate men in order to be equal, based on the flawed view that one is better than the other because woman was created from a man(Bible version Eve created from the rib of Adam), Quran teaches that "men and women are created from a single soul...and fear Allah particularly respecting ties of kinship".
"And of everything we have created pairs that you may reflect"
So why don't Muslim women don't get to drive, right to education? Why only women have to cover their entire bodies and why not men? Why only men are allowed to marry 4 women?
@@Hrshsngh_19 that is not in Quran, surprise surprise.
@@Hrshsngh_19 Yes there needs to be some reformation in some Muslim communities (Quran God's Words is perfect, followers need to apply it properly), as throughout history men have assumed the leadership of all faiths and injected their own chauvinistic views, a human flaw.
@@Hrshsngh_19 That polygamy verse was revealed as a solution to protect women, specific to the context of that time of war when many men died and many women (widows,orphans) left without protectors/providers for the family - in the olden days, women couldn't work/lack education, not like nowadays. Plus the laws for crime against women not yet exist. Apply context, those circumstances no longer apply today. Nowadays that verse is misinterpreted by some ppl to oppress women by saying it is their God given right to take 4 wives. It was never meant as a solution for men's roving eye!
Hence Quran verse that says "lower your gaze". Quran does not give ppl any license to sin!
Quran understood in its entirety: Monogamy is the order of the day. Polygamy was a solution for days of war, the effects of war lasted several generations. Nowadays ppl use the reasoning that the Prophet and companions had multiple wives (ignoring the circumstances of war and widow status) claiming that gives them the right to emulate them, which many later generations continued to do so. Quran warns against following the ways of our fathers instead of following Quran only as guidance.
2:170 And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing
@@zahara6355 okay so can you please read the verse of Quran 4:34. And reply back
Amazing talk!! Well done, hope to hear more from you in the future in sha Allah :)
@Real world actually, all of them. as it states in the quran, its haram(strictly prohibitted) to force your daughter to marry out of love or to settle a tab or whatevr .the last 2 questions arent 1, islams fault, its the governments fault, and 2, arent limmited to only muslim women
@solomon duncan no its not. its a religion about peace and acceptance
It’s sad how people choose to blind themselves in front of sanity. A Muslim woman says something that’s right and suddenly you all go berserk.
Sing Along I agree
I also agree
It's because they're not able to peddle their agenda. Boohoo. I think Muslim woman are waking up to the fact that the narratives created in the Media is just to further/justify violence and hate. It's only a matter of time that people wake up after they're lied to. The truth always comes out. It always does.
Rose Li well said
Some quote from the Quran ...
An-Nisa, 34 "Men look after women, because Allah has made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great." -> if you fear that your wife did adultery, you can beat her. If you FEAR.
al-Baqarah 2:223 "Your wives are your tilth; go, then, unto your tilth as you may desire"
Quran 4:34 "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient"
Muhammed married a girl when she was 6 and consume the marriage when she was 9 ... But no, people have prejudice ! And what I said earlier wasn't tell by a muslim woman, it must be untrue ... It is a narrative created by the Media, it is impossible that people can do some independant research, no no ...
By the way, I don't think the bible and the ancient testament is better in is treatment of women if somebody would be tempted to go on this way. I don't have a television too. But it must be the "Media" that I don't watch that make me say that. It is impossible to look at history of the past or have an independant thought. Conspiracy is a better explanation ...
Let me first say I believe in equality, men and women should have equal rights. I don’t personally know how Muslims are treated in western culture, but the two Muslim men I work with when ask said they do not feel discriminated against most of the time. This woman said that Muslim men are being shown as the punisher of Muslim women but that isn’t true, and I agree but just like any woman who is being abused if you don’t report it no one can help you, so please all who are abused say something. While I was deployed in Afghanistan I saw a lot of horrible things being done to Muslim women by Muslim men. I personally don’t know what the answer is but we should be creating a world where victims should be able to receive the help and protection they need.
It stems from culture that has existed pre-islam mixed in with mis interpretation of text in quran.
The quran states that men are protectors and providors over women. This also sometimes traslated to regulators etc. This is supposed to be a verse talking about obligations of men to women, the rights women deserve from men.but instead prople twist it to mean that a woman must obey her husbands every wish and command outside of reason.
Another text describes a situation in which a wife has been unfaithful. How the best of men are those best to their wives and practice patience but because theyre are tempermental (whilst this is not encouraged) he can lightly tap her skin, not in a way to inflict pain but as a symbolic gesture in an argument that signigies they are close to divorce so she understands the gravity of the situation. If the man actually hurts her ,and her skind turns slightly red she reserves the right to have all her duas against him fulfilled and the angel curse each step he takes.
Voilence against women calls for immediate divorce.
Pre-islam people buried their daughters alive and neglected their wives, hence why these were some of the first things addressed in islam.
One of the last things the prophet saud before passing was to protect the women . It would be disheartning if he saw what muslim men were doing today.
It's the culture
Amazing , a wonderful speech
This may change the view of some people.
Rightly so...
salma siddiq i truly hope so :) inshaAllah ☺️
SAY WHAT U WANT MUT"AH WOMEN SLAVES ON HIRE IN THE KORAN CHECK IT OUT EDUCATED MUSLIMS MUSLIM WOMEN AR SECOND CLASS IN THIS FALSE RELIGION
Women are "regular" people. And HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UNIVERSAL. Asking for Islam to follow Human Rights, i.e. to respect women`s rights and personal freedom, is no bigotry.
Islam have women rights before anyone else. The right to education, the right to work etc. the first ever university was created by a Muslim women. Women during the prophet(SAW) time were working if they wished.
Islam was never the issue
Fantastic speach!!!👍well done girl!!!☺️👌
Amazing talk!!
Her voice is so beautiful
OMG she spoke my mind ya'll 🙌
Sensational speech.
Mashalaa Allh
Really fantastic!!!
Ich bin sehr stolz auf Dich 🌷
Very insightful I'm so glad I watched this
I love this talk!
Well said. Thank you
Beautiful.
She Nailed IT
Awesome talk
Very interesting. Strong talk.
great great great speech, thank you.
wow amazing points
Thank you❤️✊🏾
Mashallah this is a good news. merci
Mashallah
The comments section in here is sickening. The amount of ignorance is beyond astonishing!
ignore the ignorance...it will always exist whilst the media keep feeding lies to the people
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Gave me chills.
Excellently Informative!!!
MashAllah good video ”"//
I think this can be related to any “different” groups...
She sounds very smart
Mash’Allah
Brilliant
Superb!❤
MashaAllah, Allah bless you sister ❤️
Very smart woman. I salut you.
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
@@FarhanKhan-vl1db bruh 😂😂😂😂
Well done sister
Well said. 💝💝
You have a good voice and i like to listening
Just wanted to to say Shukran for bringing to light 💡 what others may not.
i am agree with you.
💗💗💗
Good job
Im a muslim, had college degree, running small business on my own, legally divorcee since 2015. Its quite normal here in Indonesia, even in small town like myself. Hi My name is Eva, btw😅😅😅
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alhamdulillah
Superb. JZK
Wake up people
This video is to share her way of thinking and for you to understand
Not agree. I repeat you do not have to agree. But she is not any more wrong than you are.
They probably don't want the truth to get out.
A voice of an angel and a heart of a muslim.
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Great talk and confidence ❤️❤️❤️
Marry me and save me and yourself from zina
@Mariyah Hussain marry me and save me and yourself from zina
@Mariyah Hussain marry me and save me and yourself from zina
@Mariyah Hussain marry me and save me and yourself from zina
Wow. appreciate her.
People don’t seems fo forcus on the problem facing the women in hijabi but rather focus on harrasing them ..so sad
Her words are not true. If she would actually believe muslim women are entitled to wear what ever they please, she would encourage muslim women and men all around the world to support those muslim women who decide not to wear hijab or burkini. But that is something we don't see happening. I am tired of listening to stories of muslim women how bad they were treated when undoing their hijabs. Please start supporting those publicly and loud who don't want wear hijab and recognise their value even though they do not dress accordingly when it comes to religious traditions. Let's hear more stories of liberal and kind islam that allows people to live as they please!
A fantastic speaker and writer. Check out her work if you haven’t already. 👏🏻
There is a lot to learn from this channel
Well said👌👌
Let's talk about it.
Thank you sis
i'm extremely satisfied for watching this video... she is great..
Muslim please leave our Germany go to your Arab countries okay
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She's a good public speaker!
Your Sound and Face are Alike Duniya Shuhaib ...I love you.
I really love her opinions
@Roosje Keizer perhaps so
@Roosje Keizer Lol you really don't know huh. The entire branch of fiqh is built upon opinions and differences in opinion, stop cappin
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Good sound
🌹🌹
I think we should respect each other , spread love and end the hate .... you should ask people about their stories not what their religion is don’t judge a book by it’s cover ughhhh
Tell that to allah
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@@appointed2367why would we? We are given free will he does not control our actions.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) made a ranking for the position of women in 160 countries (SIGI). 40 of the 44 Islamic countries are in the bottom half of the list. The best Islamic country to be a women is Turkey at place 57. Of the 10 counries with the worst gender inequality 9 are Islamic.
Muslim women don't care
So true, I never knew this type of societal attentions until I wore the hijab identifying me as a Muslim woman, not necessarily harmful but very unhelpful in a whole. I can understand curiosity, but it's really perplexing to witness these stereotypes and assuming a covered are always oppressed. I can understand that not every human can choose their life, especially women, but that's not the case of all women. People need to accept the fact that there are Muslim women can choose things for themselves and people need to stay out of our business. May God make it easy for all my sisters.
thanks for watching videos on our channel . peace
Masha Allah
👏👏👏
Suhaiymah
Why in muslim country they dont see miniorities but other religion country are so much concerned about them
Alhamdulillah.
She is Very Smart girl Love her.
Her hijab is so beautiful, I would love to see what my wife would look like in this style.
She said it all, God bless sister ❤️❤️
Alhamdulilah well said 😇😇💪