It's wedding season! And no, I have nothing exceptionally insightful about weddings or marriage to contribute to the world. Instead I will fuss in the shallowest way possible about how difficult it is to find gorgeous wedding dresses that are also modest.Since Kate Middleton was married, there were expressions of hopefulness from American Muslim women …
Has anyone noticed that God modifies religion because men have hissy fits?
Men: My wife won't let me come at her from the back. I like that sex position! If this isn't permissible I am LEAVING ISLAM!Solution: Alright, alright, you can enter her from the back--just don't leave Islam and return to the obscene lifestyle you had before... You know, the one where you'd bury your infant …
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recent douchebag roundup
1. Satoshi Kanazawa, evolutionary psychologist who "scientifically" concluded that black women are "objectively" less attractive than white, Asian, and Native American women.2. Greg A. Fultz, who believes that a man and woman share a pregnancy 50/50. No. Not a child. A pregnancy. And therefore, men should have a say in abortion. Because, like, it's his …
On God, Good, Evil, Satan, and Our Beloved Lady Maryam
(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 …
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…Why would you mention that?
Yesterday I ran into an old acquaintance. We exchanged welcoming greetings. I asked him how he's been. He replied he's been fine, though he's looking for work. He told me I looked good. I thanked him. I asked him his plans for today."I'm meeting my trans friend Aly this afternoon," he informed me.I waited for …
religion versus culture (hopefully the last entry I’ll ever write on this tired subject)
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 …
Confessions of a Neurotic Perfectionist: Religion
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, …
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the fatal feminist 