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The Revolution Will not be Sexualized: More on Seyran Ates


Posted by yusra on 22 Oct 2009 / 0 Comments
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German-Turkish writer Seyran Ates thinks Islam needs a sexual revolution. This might seem a little tongue-in-cheek, given the countless political revolutions post-due in predominantly Muslim countries, yet Ates’ book couldn’t be timelier. Muslims, like everyone else, are exposed to sex at an earlier age, despite marrying later than past generations. It isn’t hard to prove […]

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Whose Revolution? Critiquing Seyran Ates and her Islamic Sexual Revolution


Posted by alicia on 21 Oct 2009 / 0 Comments
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The calls of lawyer, activist, and writer Seyran Ates for a sexual revolution in the heterogeneous Muslim world may surprise many, particularly when the movement is commonly associated with free love, hippies, and public nudity. In a recent interview with German magazine Spiegel, Ates begins with discussing what she means by this and her experiences […]

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