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“Too many people look at it as though it (the hijab) has bizarre powers sewn into its microfibers. Powers that transform Muslim girls into…

— Randa Abdel-Fattah

We heard from a professor at an evangelical college who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslim women. Now we have a different perspective.…

— Ari Shapiro

I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think,…

— Dalia Mogahed

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of…

— Randa Abdel-Fattah

There are plenty of Muslim women who are backbones of the community, but they aren't usually at the forefront. There just aren't a lot…

— Linda Sarsour

“one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals.”

— Geraldine Brooks

“The assumption that women in hijab are less enlightened or empowered than those rocking daisy dukes is arrogant at best. Feminism should fight for…

— Luvvie Ajayi

“as in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where large numbers of women turned out during the June 2009 post-election demonstrations. Clearly, these women’s grievances…

— Robert Spencer

“The reason for this correlation is simple: Islam’s Sharia, its way, teaches intolerance and violence against non-Muslims, no less than it teaches that Muslim…

— Raymond Ibrahim

A lot of people had a misconception that I would be the perfect poster child for Islam. So I got a lot of Instagram…

— Halima Aden

Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without…

— Shirin Neshat

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a…

— Azar Nafisi