Comments on: Erasing the Dichotomy: Positive Portrayals of Latina Muslims

By: Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican

Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:02:58 +0000

[...] Muslimah Media Watch: Erasing the Dichotomy: Positive Portrayals of Latina Muslims [...]

By: Maria P.

Maria P. — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:09 +0000

Great article. Come to think of it, I don’t know if we even discussed Latin@ Muslims in my Islam in America seminar. Huh. Now I want to find out more.

By: Raven’s Eye

Raven’s Eye — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:14:59 +0000

[...] Erasing the Dichotomy: Positive Portrayals of Latina Muslims Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: Zahra

Zahra — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:41:10 +0000

I like this piece quite a bit–I NEVER hear about Latina Muslims, and you would think just from demographics that there must be a number of them. And I love the point about not having to have culture overwritten by another culture that happens to be associated with your religion. And I also love Melinda’s point about word choice above, and Krista’s reaction to it.

I would add that it might be better to use the phrase “Latino cultures,” because Latino is an umbrella term, and the cultural differences among Latinos are pretty vast. (I do a lot of work in a different collection of communities that also uses an umbrella term, and the plural really makes a difference.)

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:39:59 +0000

@ Melinda: Good point. I wasn’t paying attention. I meant “vibrant” in the sense of “thriving” and “not overshadowed by other cultural interpretations of what Islamic communities should look like,” but you’re right that the word probably wasn’t the best one in the context of existing stereotypes about Latino culture. Thanks for pointing that out.

By: RCHOUDH

RCHOUDH — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:28:27 +0000

It’s really nice to read stories about other Muslim communities that exist besides Middle Eastern/South Asian ones.

By: mash

mash — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:18:26 +0000

‘If the journalist tries to dig a little deeper, there may be some theological reasons for choosing Islam’

This is something that really annoys me in many writings about people that embrace Islam. The writers never every seem to consider that it’s anything to do with the religion itself.. it’s always something socio-economic, or a boyfriend, or brainwashing, or because they want to fit in with their friends… yada yada yada

nice post

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:50:43 +0000

Good post! The story of the Puerto Rican woman who grew up Muslim is really interesting.

One little quibble: It’s not major, but the use of “vibrant” in the last line (about Latino culture) has a hint of stereotyping/racism, if you know what I mean.

By: Anjanette

Anjanette — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:20:54 +0000

I really liked this; Sultana’s descriptions of reconciling her Latina culture with her Muslim faith reminded me of a woman’s blog that I read. She is Dominican-American and converted to Orthodox Judaism, and experienced many of the same things, including racism.

http://www.alizahausman.net/