First Muslim-operated homeless shelter for women opens in Dorchester (Boston)

Boston Metro ^ | April 26, 2017 | By Kristin Toussaint

[ConservativeStatement]

The door opens to the Amal Women’s Center, a transitional home for women and children operated by the Muslim social services organization, ICNA Relief.

Opened this week, it marks the first Muslim-operated transitional housing shelter in Massachusetts, according to Malika MacDonald-Rushdan, ICNA Relief’s state field office director.

Amal means “hope” in Arabic, MacDonald-Rushdan explained. The door’s vibrant purple color signifies that feeling.

[ConservativeStatement]

Was there a Barack Obama "Amal" poster?

[Secret Agent Man]

Ok let the jokes start rolling in. They write themselves.

Is the staff trained in wife beating so they will feel more at home?

[House Atreides]

Will free genital mutilation be offered?

[Pearls Before Swine]

I think you guys have it wrong. This is a proselytizing center for women of all religions.

“Your life has been hard, come to the caring Muslim community. Here’s a cot, shelter and a hot meal. Say the Shehada. Say it!”

[Lurkinanloomin]

Do they offer free clitorectomies?

[glenduh]

Nice... “Photographs of Malcolm X and Minister Louis Farrakhan, controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, hang on the walls inside the center.”

[Fiddlstix]

[freedomlover]

Being abused by your husband is a reason to be RETURNED to him.

[ClearBlueSky]

They can check in any time they want...but they can never leave(without full burkas and a male keeper).

[gspurlock]

Ummmm. . .let’s see, if a man identifies as a woman today, will he be welcomed in?

[semaj]

Reminds me of Admiral Ackbar’s exclamation, “It’s a trap!”

[Phil DiBasquette]

Will they bake wedding cakes for the gays?

[I want the USA back]

Right next door to the gay-straight Muslim alliance.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

A ready supply of helpless women to rape. How convenient.

[bramps]

I'd recommend taking your chances on the street.

[posterchild]

Can a woman go there without her husband or father or brother’s permission?

[TChad]

So women looking for a shelter can choose between a typical lesbian-run women's center, a Muslim women's center, or staying on the street.

Made me think of an old Elton John lyric: "The boulevard is not that bad."

[hal ogen]

Will you be allowed in if you have an intact clitoris?

[Chickensoup]

this organization received HUGE government funding. Bet on it.

The government is funding employment and organizations of Moslims all over.