Of hockey and hijab : reflections of a Canadian Muslim woman

Summary: "In these essays, Sheema Khan - Canadian hockey mom and Harvard PhD - gives us her insights on being a modern and liberal, yet practising, Muslim, especially in Canada. Tackling a host of issues, such as terrorism and fanaticism, human rights post 9/11, Islamic law, women's rights, sharia, and the meaning of hijab, she explains Islam to the greater public while calling for mutual understanding and tolerance. She tells us "Why Muslims are angry," and protests, "You can't pigeonhole 1.6 billion Muslims," while calling on Muslims to "acknowledge the rise of fanaticism." She explains the plausibility of Islamic financing and applies the Charter of Rights to Canada. "Can there be Islamic democracy?" she asks, and then, "Will Quebec adopt France's peculiar brand of liberty?" Provocative and original, even-handed and conciliatory, these essays are an important contribution to an urgent modern debate."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781894770569 (sc.) :
Physical Description: print
161 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : TSAR Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

THE HIJACKING OF ISLAM.Was he not a human soul? -- The abuse of Islamic language -- Reforming Islam -- The virtuous jihad -- The seduction of terror : How to counter it -- Bin Laden vs the prophet (1) : A war of ideas -- Bin Laden vs the prophet (2) : Two opposing visions... -- Acknowledging fanaticism -- LIVING IN FEAR : CANADIAN WHILE MUSLIM. Don't shackle us to 9/11 -- Canadian while Muslim -- Living with fear -- Double standards -- Ugly then, ugly now -- It's still nasty out there -- Exposing anti-Muslim discomfort -- Deliver us from suspicion -- Canadian double-talk -- The government's discrimination -- Outsourcing torture : Government duplicity -- ISLAM IN THE WORLD. This way forward for Muslims -- Why Muslims are angry -- Love-hate -- Islamic financing -- Neighbourly love and Mideast debate -- Islamic democracy? -- Fearing Dubai -- Using the lessons of Canada to heal the wounds... -- Funny -- The soul in science -- THE CANADIAN WAY. I was a teenage hijabi hockey player -- There really is a Canadian way -- Looking to the charter -- Facing new identities -- Make room for the spiritual in educating our young -- China's Hui and a Muslim model for Canada -- A leader who knows how to serve -- Democracy, peace, and sharia law -- There's nothing like watching the Montreal Canadiens... -- THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. Putting women first -- Storming the Harvard bastion -- Sharia-phobia -- Banning hijab : The new colonialism -- No veiled threat -- Hijabs : Don't kick up a fuss -- Our right to flash some veil -- Don't misread the Koran -- Uprooting age-old customs from within -- The Koran does not sanction wife-beating -- A hero for our times -- What closed-minded liberals can learn from... -- The sorrow and the pity of "honour."