How I Relate to Mariam Khan’s “Feminism Needs to Die”
Being a woman who is so clearly Muslim comes with its struggles. I found the Mariam Khan reading really relatable. I haven’t even experienced the worst of the sexism and Islamophobia this world has to offer because my whole life has been so sheltered. But even with growing up in a liberal town and then attending Uni I have a decent grasp on what Khan was arguing. I never exactly had any negative feelings towards feminism, but it didn’t feel like the right place for me. I didn’t have the words to describe it, but looking back its clear that feminism was always targeted towards white women. I loved that feminism told women to dress how they wanted, and to ignore men and their demands on how a woman should be. But, according to my religion, I had rules on how to dress and act towards men. I thought that feminism and Islam were two entirely separate things, with no overlap at all. As I got older and I became more comfortable in asking questions about Islam I learned that Islam is feminis...