Imam Zaid Shakir on Bill Moyers

Published: June 26, 2007, 4:55 pm

Tags: america, american islam, american muslim, gender, imam zaid shakir

Comments after the jump: I've never seen Imam Zaid be apologetic before. In this interview, he minimizes the experience of many Muslim women. Bill Moyers is a very sympathetic interviewer, to a fault. Imam Zaid could have discussed gender injustices here in the States. He could have done so even within his own frame of reference and not that of gender justice activists. He could have said that for his sense of the mainstream x, y, and z are the actual problems. He could have said that others perceive it differently from his sense of the mainstream. He did not need to be apologetic and whitewash the experiences of women in our community. He stated that Muslims should "show people the full range of positive Islamic values." I agree. In my experience, Imam Zaid has always been scrupulously truthful and critical. He has always led by example. I do not agree with him on any number of points, but I have

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