Menopause affects all women, whether they have given birth or not. Nevertheless, the subject remains taboo in all communities, even if it is coming out of the shadows thanks in particular to World Menopause Awareness Day in October.
I wanted to address the menopause of Muslim women, because the consequences of menopause, in addition to cultural and religious preconceptions, affect their spirituality and their religious practices.
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Recommending talking about endometriosis and specifically about Muslim women seems a bit strange since endometriosis awareness concerns everyone.
However, there are specificities related to beliefs within Muslim communities that need to be addressed.
Here are 5 reasons for discussing endometriosis and Muslim women in particular.
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A spiritual and above all festive period, the month of Ramadan turns into a painful month for some childless men and women.
The month of Ramadan is a month of hope, spirituality with a capital S, and of making wishes, a lot of wishes even if it is forgiveness that we should be seeking first.
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Childfree (without children by choice) would be heresy. At least this is what some preachers have been saying in a growing number of speeches on the subject of childlessness recently. People who are childless by circumstances seem to have the sympathy of preachers: they are still granted the status of Muslims.
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Infertility, polygamy, the weight of traditions, the cult of motherhood, the taboo of male infertility, the survival of a childless couple… These are the themes addressed in the book Stay with me written by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.
When I read the synopsis of the book, I said to myself, « I have to read it! » It describes a couple in love, Akin and his wife Yejide who have been married for 4 years and « still » have no children, a second wife arrives at their home one day. Yejide is distraught and tries everything to conceive a baby and save her marriage.
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Childless Muslims are leading us to redefine the meaning of marriage. Their experiences question the supposed authorization of polygamy in the Qur’an.
In a previous article, I wrote about the purpose of marriage, which is not procreation, but rather a loving relationship between two complementary partners offering each other mutual support. (Surah 30:21)
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I wrote this piece in French as an introduction to this blog in 2020.
Am I ready? Am I spiritually ready not to have children? Have I been prepared for the possibility of not having children?
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Nowadays, it is easy to think that God made a mistake in letting childless men and women walk on the planet. We can also imagine that those who want children and fail (whatever their conditions) do not give themselves the means to conceive them and that people who do not want them are suffering from a disease still unknown.
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« Muslim women cannot marry non-Muslims! » This idea, widely disseminated and accepted as an interpretation of verse 5 sura 5, surely contributes to social infertility in Muslim communities.
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Can hope end? Only the heart can tell us, the heart is our compass. The Divine probably invented hope to keep us going in all circumstances. Nevertheless, the Qur’an speaks of patience rather than hope.
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