Posted on 05/28/2016 4:17:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Two British Muslim women rappers say that they smashing the stereotype that women in Islam are oppressed – one rhyme at a time.
In a new ad campaign by a subsidiary of a UK smartphone retailer, hip-hop duo Muneera Rashida and Sukina Abdul Noor - together known as Poetic Pilgrimage - are filmed in a short clip discussing their image as Muslim hip-hop artists.
“The typical messages that come out about Muslim women being oppressed, if someone was to look at me, if someone was to hear our music - that would be dispelled” the rappers, say in the video.
The thirty-something pair, who paired up after meeting at a talent show for young black people, say hip-hop encourages them to express themselves.
Both Rashida and Noor, who wear the hijab in their music videos, rap about social and political rights.
The duo say they are using their music to promote their message of peace, unity and freedom.
"Muslim women are often presented through a victim narrative, but we are empowered,” Rashida told the Evening Standard.
Noor explained that Islam does not factor into their music, but stated that their faith is a large part of who they are.
"We’re not trying to Islamicize hip hop, we're not necessarily trying to make a Muslim point of view in the music,” she said.
The video that the pair appear in was part of a marketing campaign, which features a series of documentary-styled films that celebrate individuals and champions under the tagline ‘Do Your Own Thing.’
Two British Muslim women rappers say that they smashing the stereotype that women in Islam are oppressed – one rhyme at a time.You are in the UK not Iran or Saudi Arabia or Somalia
Let us know when you are rapping there.
Yo!
We gonna clitorect your girls like we are surgeons. Then blow ourselves up for 72 virgins.
I don’t know...it’s a start...
Yep. The only reason they are even allowed to rap is because they are not in a Muslim country (yet).
Eventually, when England is conquered by ISIS, these women will be publicly beheaded.
Time will tell how other Muslims react to these two. If they succeed, more power to them. My guess is that someone will object, and make their objection “known”, and that being a hip hop Muslim artist will not be a growth industry.
Are these dudes in drag ?
You have a future in Islamorap.
Speaking of oppressed women, do they have a good rap tune for honor killing?
Such a sleazy ho
Pop say she had to go
Got her with a gun
Mad Moe is No. 1!
Nice to see Tracy Morgan (pictured on the left) is up and about.
Yo! Yo!
Walking down London Way
Swinging Jihad all the day
Breaking now for a head
Chop time yo yo instead
Cuz shoutin it for allahu Akbar
S’wats about!
Contrast this with Cat Stevens who gave up music when he became a Mohammadan, believing it to be banned.
Bridging the gap between black and Islam in this country, we are fighting the same war my brothers
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