Depicting feminism as Western-only erases Muslim feminist movements

Evidence

Nafisi’s particular trick is not only to snuff out any possibility of feminist practice or resistance from within Islam but also to disregard all kinds of feminist activity that does not originate in the West and coincide with secular values. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 227

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s longer thread on Islamophobia as an erasure mechanism; pairs with Keddie and cooke evidence of indigenous Muslim feminisms. — connects to: Selective media focus on Muslim sexism constructs Western enlightenment as its opposite