(I wrote fragments of this post in the beautiful Stephanie's comment section.)So the people who read my blog--all, like, four of you--may or may not occasionally feel displaced with how many times I repeat the word God instead of replacing God with a pronoun. In Islam, God is strictly neither male nor female. You may …
Continue reading On God, Good, Evil, Satan, and Our Beloved Lady Maryam
My last post kind of brings me to the insufferable religion versus culture debate, which I've been meaning to record, and which I am hoping has been (at least temporarily) put to rest in the comments section of a post by almostclever. In the post she writes, Then take what you learned and apply it …
There are things about Islam that come really easily to me. I've always had the five pillars down--or, the first four, because I haven't performed the pilgrimage yet. The little things are easy too: not wearing nail polish except during my period, not dying my hair, never drinking, avoiding gossip (super boring anyway), never stealing, …
Continue reading Confessions of a Neurotic Perfectionist: Religion
What each member of the family receives upon the death of another is very straight-forward in the Qur'an, and the entire structure is intricately tied together: Concerning [the inheritance of] your children, God enjoins [this] upon you: The male shall have the equal of two females’ share; but if there are more than two females, …
Continue reading Dismissed Conditions: Men Inherit Twice What Women Inherit
Were I a reporter, I would walk around asking those who rage against it, "So, what IS it?"We love being afraid of things we don't know! And some people love living in fear. I can't understand why. Living in fear is not fun. Perhaps because fear unites people against other people? Yay, power!I strongly suspect …
That was the question a friend asked me when he implied that I wrote for an audience when I write here, and I replied, "I don't think I really write for anyone. I don't think I've ever really written for anyone."Sometimes people comment or send me a message saying "I really enjoy reading you, even …
EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN SAYING IS TRUE! ]:< Men are insecure douches who have modified history in fear of women rightfully practicing the power given to them by God. Instead they've stolen this power from women and manifested it into their own tyranny. Mohammad Akram Nadwi set out to collect dictionary entries for female scholars; …
the fatal feminist 