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face veil,^101 menstruation, and birth.^102 Only one text entitled “The one
who fasts – surrounded by many merits” (Der Fastende – umgeben
von vielen Vorzügen) was written by two ladies, Umm Bilāl and Umm
ʿUmayr.^103 However, the occasional appearance of female translators
indicates that women actively participate in the design and main-
tenance of these websites and engage in transmitting religious Salafi
knowledge.
Within the dichotomy of the male and female social sphere in ortho-
dox Islam, this webspace belongs to the public, male-dominated sphere.
The female Salafis seem to be subordinate to males, but this hypothesis
might be too hasty and needs to be verified by detailed ethnographic
research. A patronizing tone can be detected, such as in texts by a cer-
tain “Abu Jamal”, whose works frequently appear on the websites of
this Salafi group. In two lectures entitled “Admonishing examples for
the women” in which he tries to encourage his female audience to fol-
low the female role models provided during the lifetime of the Prophet
Muḥammad,^104 he candidly admits having noticed “that there are won-
derful stories about women, of which some excel the men”. During
the recitations of these stories he is sometimes surprisingly explicit and
descriptive about female sexual desires and relationships.^105 Obviously,
translated from English into German by Umm Amani al-Akad, 2004; online:
http://www.salaf.de/swf/ges0006.swf, accessed Dec. 11, 2010, five pages; Die
verbindlichen Bedingungen für einen islamischen Hidschab, translated from
English into German by Umm Amani al-Akad, 2004; online: http://www.
salaf.de/swf/ges0007.swf, accessed Dec. 11, 2010, five pages; Worte an meine
muslimische Schwester, translated from English into German by Umm Amani
al-Akad, first published in: Muslim Creed 3 (1995); online: http://www.salaf.
de/swf/ges0008.swf, accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
101 Al Albani, Muḥammad Nāṣiruddīn: The Face Veil (Der Gesichtsschleier),
translated from Arabic by Dr. Bilāl Philip and translated from English into
German by Umm Laysa’, 2008; online: http://www.salaf.de/swf/ges0015.swf,
accessed Dec. 11, 2010, twelve pages.
102 Ibn Salih al-’Uthaimin, Schaich Muhammad: 60 Fragen zu Menstruation und
Wochenbett, translated from Arabic into German by Abu Julaybib, 2004; online:
http://www.salaf.de/swf/ges0011.swf, accessed Dec. 11, 2010, 31 pages.
103 http://www.salaf.de/ibada&fiqh/ibada&fiqh_fasten.thml, accessed Dec. 11,
2010.
104 Abu Jamal: Ermahnende Beispiele für die Frauen, part 1; online: http://www.
al-tamhid.net and idem: Ermahnende Beispiele für die Frauen, part 2; online:
http://www.al-tamhid.net, both accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
105 Abu Jamal: Ermahnende Beispiele für die Frauen, part 1; online: http://www.
al-tamhid.net and idem: Ermahnende Beispiele für die Frauen, part 2; online:
http://www.al-tamhid.net, both accessed Dec. 11, 2010.
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