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Muslim women, living in the West and actively participating in their neighborhoods, communities, and society, encounter many opinions, ideas, perspectives, misconceptions, and feelings about who they are, about what a Muslim woman is.

A Muslim woman is valued by Islam, by her society, her family, and her friends. She can be intelligent, cultured, educated, compassionate, hard-working, trustworthy, inspiring, enlightened, powerful and strong, and be devout to her place in Islam. To a Muslim woman, those qualities are all harmonious with Islam and the essence of the Muslim woman. Yet there are sincere people ,who do not know a Muslim woman personally, (and often, but not always, know nothing of Islam, the Holy Qur'an, or her culture), decide that the above qualities are contrary to Islam.

Why do Westerners choose to read books written by non-Muslims and ex-Muslims, to find out about Islam and women, rather than asking the Muslim women themselves? Or other primary sources, like the Qur'an and about the Sunnah? If one wants to know what someone believes, why don't they just ask them? Here is a place to ask.

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For general religious discussion, please visit one of the many other tribes designed for that purpose. This tribe is for others to ask questions about Muslim women, to be answered by Muslims.

Respect, empathy, and sincerity in discussion, is key. Insults, accusations, putting words in another's mouth ("you think____"), not welcome. Blanket statements and generalizations should be avoided. Disrespect or inflammatory statements toward tribe members, the tenets of Islam, Muslim women, or toward any people is not welcome. We want to foster a sense of peace, respect, and welcome in this community. Members that cannot maintain, foster, and demonstrate a respectful and welcome dialog may be removed from the group. A note to Muslim tribe members, your statements, answers, or replies in regard to Islam are encouraged to included daleel. We do not want to share bidah or innovation of our own into what is truly Islam.

We are from many backgrounds, many ideas, many beliefs. Allah says he has given the races and nations of the earth to us as a sign of His greatness.

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