Let’s talk about homosexuality, which my previous article does not. I actually don’t like the term “homosexuality,” and I prefer the title of this article, but I’m using the word here because I know you all are searching it when you’re looking for my legal opinions on this website. No one, not even patriarchal scholars, …
Category: interpretation
The Rapists of Sodom
were serial rapists, who drank heavily to fuel their crimes, attacked visitors in gangs, lusted after the power of angels, knew first hand of the God/dess but refused morality and cheated and lied and thieved. And raped. Raped. Over and over. In mobs. Will religious leaders have you believe they were destroyed them for raping …
What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman’s hijab? | Samina Ali
You are obligated to watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ
But how could you know?
A man described me as “thoughtful” recently after speaking to me for five minutes. I’m always surprised when people develop ideas about my character in such a short period of time. How does he know? We had not been discussing anything that would outright reveal this. This perplexity isn’t new. I’ve also had teachers describe …
4:25 [muḥ’ṣanāti]: Consent is Integral to the Qur’an
When I was writing my exegesis, “Polygamy is haraam.” I remembered a conversation I had with Orbala ages ago in which I had demanded to know why the supposed permissibility of polygyny did not conventionally extend to polyandry. She responded that polyandry, the marriage of one woman to multiple men, was explicitly forbidden in the …
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For those of you who'd actually like to be able to read this, clicking the image to enlarge will render it crispier. Alternatively, you can access the clear PDF version. And no, whenever I present one of these here, it isn't complete. There's a lot of exegesis in the blank portions unreleased in this capacity.
The Oath Possesses Your Right Hand
Shortly after reading my article regarding polygamy, a beloved friend of mine (shoutout) maintained that “the responsibility possessing your right hand” should remain “the responsibility your right hand possesses” (translated across all other versions as “what your right hands possess”) because it is grammatically the right hand that is doing the possessing. I could see …
the fatal feminist 