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Disregarded Verses: Deciding What is Halaal and Haraam
Lately, I have been reading scholars replying to the written concerns of practicing Muslims, and found that so many of these scholars violate the undeniable orders dictated in the Qur’an by forbidding...
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Eid Mubarak
Speaking of love, there is an overused saying that insists, “Love is blind.” And to this I’ve consistently inwardly protested. While research indicates that the saying is more than figurative...
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I get the best commenters.
sophia said…This post reminds me that reading can be a political act. It’s also an act that has ethical and moral implications. I’m wary of readers who can’t think for themselves– who need a scholar to...
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Discrediting Feminists
If you haven’t heard already, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf has confessed that originally, in traditional Islam, women are allowed to lead men in prayer. When I wrote a paper on female prayer, because this was an...
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Y’all need to stop telling people they’re going to Hell…
Verily, those who have attained to faith [in this Qur'an], as well as those who follow the Jewish faith, and the Christians, and the Sabians–all who believe in God and the Last Day and do righteous...
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Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Hind bint Utbah
Actually, you have probably heard of Hind bint Utbah. She’s quite famous–or rather infamous–for allegedly eating the liver of Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib during the Battle of Uhud, a battle in which she...
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Monotheism
Yesterday I was requested to write about faith itself, rather than the interpretations of practices of it, from someone who wished to understand the significance of the Oneness of God, or why it is so...
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Originally a guest post on Orbala. My favorite masjid is so severely sex-segregated that there isn’t merely a barrier for the women; there’s an entirely separate tiny afterthought of a room. But it’s...
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Prophet Lut (a.s.) and Bal بل : The Nahida S. Nisa Tafsir
as understood by Mehedi A. Ali. Note: As of July 2021, The WordPress article is updated, but the PDF is an old, incomplete draft. Introduction and Methodology Nahida S. Nisa, writer and exegete, has...
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