MSA West 2011 - Manhood and Womanhood in Islam

Speakers: Yassir Fazaga & Yasmin Mogahed

Throughout history, every culture and society has crafted their ideals for manhood and womanhood. The 14th century sociologist, Ibn Khaldun, noted that the common denominator of all cultures is that they usually take their rich and powerful as their archetypes for manhood and womanhood. For us living in a pluralistic society these "powerful" are overwhelmingly defined by pop-culture, the music industry, the sports industry etc and this reality coupled with the deterioration of ethics and morals poses an immense problem. A cursory look back into what the role of men or women in America entailed 100 years ago compared to what it entails today will exhibit a stark contrast. As a result, when a society is wavering and/or degrading in its conceptualization of manhood and womanhood, many injustices and breaches occur in normal social conduct, mannerisms, and relationships-- inevitably leading to a dysfunctional society. Reassuringly there is a solution. This session will discuss manhood and womanhood from the Islamic narrative.

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[markee871]

this sister Yasmine is Amazing!!!!!! mashallah!

there needs to be more events like this!

redrak87, you are the best for uploading this, May Allahسبحانه وتعالى‎ reward you!!!

[markee871]

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home. ~David Frost

The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television. ~Andrew Ross

[MrEstudiante2007]

Socialization

[salahudeenabduladl]

@redrak87 I am well aware of Sheik Yassir Fazzaga's deep wisdom and insight. It is only very recently that I have become aware of this sister as being a person of wisdom in the deen.

[salahudeenabduladl]

@redrak87 Ya Allah Ta'ala!!! This video is an excellent digest of Islamic ilm regarding how men and women should interact with each other and have peaceful marriages, families, and communities.

[salahudeenabduladl]

@markee871 Shukran, these quotes are priceless!!!

[Sawda1]

Amazing Lecture.. BarakAllah Feekom MSA West! It looked like an incredible conference! MashaAllah

[libyanbunnyyy]

MashAllah, may Allah reward you all.

[irfand4]

Very good lecture from a very singular individual. Thanks for sharing.

[markee871]

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” -MALCOLM X

If you came and you found a strange man... teaching your kids to punch each other, or trying to sell them all kinds of products, you'd kick him right out of the house, but here you are; you come in and the TV is on, and you don't think twice about it. ~Jerome Singer