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Buried Banaat and Bal بل : The TFF Tafsir of Prophet Lut [a.s]

as understood by Mehedi. Note: As of November 2023, The WordPress article is updated, but the PDF is an old, incomplete draft. Introduction and Methodology Nahida Nisa, writer and exegete has readily accepted the invitation from the Quran itself, to study It. Her work uncovered that Lut (a.s). clarifies homosexuality was not the sin of …

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Men feel entitled to women’s generosity, and it’s super weird.

While scrolling through instagram a while back, I came across a video of several hijabis being interviewed about their mahr. They were listing amounts in the twenty-, thirty-thousands. Sure enough, the comments were filled with resentful men who were in a sheer PANIC. I broke one of my own rules, which is to never engage …

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Men work for access to women. Women work to be free of men.

"Wu suggests that young men may be bowing out of the job market altogether rather than continuing in the proverbial dead-end job because they see it as potentially sullying their social status and marriage prospects, especially among younger workers." https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2022/12/14/labor-shortage-crisis-its-not-just-low-wages-men-are-sick-of-low-status-jobs-too/?sh=7121dfd82656

The Self-Inflicted Tragedy of Not Recognizing Our Desires Realized

Years ago, when I was in my late 20s, I had a throwaway conversation with a misogynistic man who was trying to see me. The exchange was about three sentences each. I knew I was uninterested in him the minute he opened his mouth. But what I took away from the encounter is simple, humorous, …

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The Meaning of Sodom’s Inhospitality

In Afghanistan, a young girl greets a stranger traveling along her road. The stranger is filming the scenic route, peacefully enjoying his good fortune in the opportunity to admire the stark beauty of God’s earth. He greets the girl politely as he passes by, hiking up a mountain. “Uncle,” the child says, in what is …

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