This happens very, very occasionally--so I'm going to indulge in the moment. ;) There's something I didn't mention in my entry about Muslim women marrying Christian and Jewish men, and that is that the particular man of whom I was speaking had expressed consideration to convert to Islam. Of course, I didn't take it seriously. …
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Islam, interfaith marriage, broken hearts, and human rights
A little over a year ago I was speaking to a friend who had known me for two years and, in his own words, fallen in love.You can probably guess what I told him. Here's a summary: "I can't be with you, you're Christian, and besides that I'm not looking to get married any time …
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Sexist men are devil-followers.
When God created Adam, all creatures were ordered to bow down to this new creation. One of the jinn, Iblis (the soon-to-be devil) refused. Iblis believed that because he was made of fire, and was physically different from Adam, he was superior. He had become jealous of Adam's closeness to God. He vowed that he …
menstruation and prayer
The last time I had my period (two weeks ago) I woke up at 2:30 AM with a slight throb in my temples: I’d cried lightly the night before. I made my way to the bathroom sighing inwardly at the possibility of not being able to fall back asleep until morning when I wouldn’t have …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: A’isha
Okay, so we do hear a lot about A'isha, the Prophet's third wife--but not the same woman. The A'isha the world knows today is very different than the A'isha who existed in reality. With patriarchy purposefully modifying Islamic history, we have false information about even her age.A'isha was nineteen when she married the Prophet (not …
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"Islamic" Sects
(Quran 6:159) As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with God. God will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did.The Sunni-Shi’i division hadn’t split the Islamic world until after the death of Muhammad …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Sakina Bint al-Hussein
Fatima Mernissi, Islamic feminist, describes in her book Women's Rebellion & Islamic Memory Sakina Bint al-Hussein, the great granddaughter of our beloved Prophet:...[she forced] monogamy upon her third husband, the grandson of the Caliph 'Uthman Ibn 'Affar. She even forbade him to approach another woman, including his own jawari, and did not allow him to …
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the fatal feminist 