When confronted with criticism from immigrants, white Americans will often nonsensically retort, "If you hate America so much, go back to where you came from!" with the intention of forcing an admission that the place in question is worse. But what they neglect, as expected, is to apply that segregative logic evenly: I might not …
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Prophet Maryam and Her Successor, the Prophet Muhammad
Although I've already written about Maryam as our Prophetess, I'd like to expand on her significance by comparing the cosmological role of our Prophet Muhammad to that of our Prophetess Maryam. There are several interesting parallels between Maryam and Muhammad; the first and most obvious is not only that both recieved word from the Archangel …
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Men Need to Learn to Read Nonverbal Cues
This post is actually a primer to another post I’ll get around to writing sometime, in which I make the argument that that there are racial and sexual implications in men (physically or otherwise) attacking women’s hair. In this particular post there are two themes: the importance of reading nonverbal cues (which is incidental) and …
It’s the 2nd day of Ramadan and my fast has already been interrupted for the next 7 days.
Since it's been a while since I've written here, I'll remind everyone asking What is the meaning of this!, that according to mainstream interpretation women should avoid applying nail polish because it acts as a barrier (we're suddenly against barriers now) between the water during wudu--ritual purification before prayer--and the surface of the nail. However, …
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“Not Even Birthday Cake?”; Coping With (Non-Muslims’) Reactions During Ramadan
When I was small, my schoolyard friends would gasp in shock at the idea of going without food or water for as long as a drop of sunlight hit the pavement. ("All day?" they'd marvel with the same tone that they'd ask, "You run THAT fast?") Pleased with the astonished reaction, I would boast that …
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“When are you getting married?” or, Why We Need Married Heroines
While I was East Coasting it recently, the 10-year-old daughter of one of my friends dashed through the door of my hotel room and flipped herself onto the bed. “Where have you BEEN?” Everywhere. The answer was everywhere. But seeing as I don’t live anywhere near her, it was a peculiar question. I ran my …
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