Mommying While Muslim
Mommying While Muslim is a one of a kind podcast where American Muslim moms share their experiences to raise second generation kids. Having experienced both pre and post 9/11 America, they're acutely aware of the unique challenges their families face on top of the regular messes that all moms share. Mommying While Muslim is a space to take back their stories, and tell those no one will air on the news or portray fully or fairly in the media. Host Uzma Jafri is mom first, careerwoman second, and global citizen at heart. She meets taboo topics head on because she wasn't allowed to do it growing up, not at home or at school and work. Her aim is to better her immediate household, community, and her momsisterhood the world over by telling the truths sometimes people don't want to face or to hear. Not everyone has these privileges, and she is eager to learn as well as share her own experiences. Always looking to give back, MWM finds women and families who need a mic because no one needs a voice; they just need an opportunity to speak. Besides tough social issues, MWM tackles political ones because when laws affect kids, we're coming for them as well as the ones who make them! There's no lane that doesn't get taken here. Along the way, MWM recruits momallies for Muslim Americans who have been inordinately targeted for the last 20 years. True moms know that ALL our children deserve to be safe, loved, and happy, and we bust every yellow brick on the Islamaphobic road to make sure they all are. If you like good trouble, this one's for you!
Mommying While Muslim
Hasan vs. Jafri on Roe vs. Wade
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Zaiba and Uzma ended up having to have a conversation about abortion, as well as their religious and feminist views on the topic. This is not a scholarly episode, rather a discourse between friends on personal, very individualized choices they would or would not make if they were faced with an unplanned pregnancy as Muslim American moms.
To get an Islamic opinion on abortion, please talk to your favorite Islamic scholar. You can refer to our September episodes on female Islamic scholarship available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify. For more information on abortion in Islam, take a look at the links for resources.
Links:
- Summary of Islamic Opinions by SCHOLARS on abortion: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1haB1QyE1JeUpuJy_EEqC_hvaHXqUO7Fyx3AHFbjMfY0/edit
- Islam and the Abortion Debate from Yaqeen Institute: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/omar-suleiman/islam-and-the-abortion-debate
- Abortion in Islami animated information from Yaqeen Institute: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/omar-suleiman/abortion-in-islam-animated-video
- For parenting courses on how to talk to Muslim kids about sex: @thehalalsexpert
- State by state restrictions on abortion at Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion
- Muslim Kids and Sexual Activity: https://muslimmentalhealth.com/lets-talk-about-sex-and-muslim-mental-health/
- Sex Education Reduces Unplanned Pregnancy: https://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/study-finds-comprehensive-sex-education-reduces-teen-pregnancy
- Who is Alex P. Keaton? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_P._Keaton
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