4 Mistakes You Make When You Talk About Islam
Hello folks! I want to start off by checking in and and telling you that I had an exciting weekend in Washington DC, where, along with some of my dear and brilliant fellow members in Muslimish and the Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), I met with secular activists and leaders …
How can we discuss Islam in better ways? A response to Alex Gabriel on Dawkins and Islam
This is in response to a post up at The Heresy Club discussing how and whether Richard Dawkins’ commentary on Islam is racist. The piece makes several powerful points–notably that while Islam is not a race it certainly can be discussed in racist ways that are both important and damaging …
How the Hijab Objectifies: Part One of the Hijab Series
This is the first in a three-part discussion about the hijab, suppression, and objectification. In this 1st post, I discuss the hijab as a defense against sexual objectification. In the 2nd post, I will discuss when, where, how, and whether women freely choose the hijab in the most radically agential …
Why I miss Ramadan…
I miss Ramadan. Not the fasting and praying by any means, but the insanely warm and tingly atmosphere, the food and chattiness and thankfulness. It gets to you. Because the whole city is awake, and even the littlest of your cousins is up at 4am. You sit on chairs beneath …
A call for mercy, because of what Muslims and ex-Muslims share
I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago. It was read by tens of thousands of human beings. This would be unnerving in and of itself, but the feedback I received is what really moved me. It was so resounding that I am still shaking from the grace …
What it is like to be a Muslim woman
…and why we know what freedom is. For Part Two of this, see here. For a defense and rationale of the title ‘What it is like to be a Muslim woman’, see here. For more from the ‘what it is like to…’ series see here and here. ~.~ I have keys. …