Author: TFF
Qur’an Translators Using the English Pronoun “He” Endanger the Ummah Toward Shirk: Why English MUST Use They/Them, As Arabic Uses the Royal WE
The Qur'an was revealed in old hijazi Arabic as a recitation of linguistic precision and theological subtlety. Yet, much of its meaning is obscured when references to the God/dess are translated to English. The Arabic text employs neutral grammatical forms, such as huwa, to refer to God, but this usage is entirely grammatical rather than …
What’s different about my feminism?
A (very observant) reader wrote in after visiting the site for the first time in a couple of years and pointed out the tone on this website is palpably different since 2011-2019. She asked whether the difference was founded on any fundamental changes in philosophy. When I was in my 20s, I believed that men …
For Thought: Why Religious Tools Don’t Work For Women
Why Religious Tools Don't Work For Women
Chivalry only ever existed because men are superficial.
A woman who did not have any visible physical disability posted about a man who interrupted her while she was about to pump gas into her car, offering to pump it for her because "a pretty woman like you shouldn't have to pump her own gas." She thanked him, and estimated for him that it …
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2024 Election: The true anti-hero is never the average American.
Despite American fantasies about the anti-hero — characters who are morally ambiguous, flawed, or complex, who don't fit the traditional mold of a "hero" and have no delusions of the hero complex — and how this fascination spans across all forms of media in its exploration of conflicting moral themes and cultural skepticism, most Americans …
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