With the exception of two verses directed at wives of the Prophet, the Quran never speaks directly to women. Women are referred to in the third person in the Quran. They are either addressed through “men and women,” or “your wives, your daughters, your mothers” etc. Click to keep on reading!
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A Man Interrogated Islamic Extremists In Person About 72 Virgins
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So I’m reading Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here By Karima Bennoune. She interviews Muslims who are challenging Islamic Extremism’s influence through maintaining their individuality and fighting for justice. I found one interesting incident, about a former radio talk show host in Algeria who directly defied Islamists. Look below: Click to keep on reading!
The Charlie Hebdo Editorial: My Take
The Article
A few days ago, Charlie Hebdo published an editorial titled “How did we end up here?” It was a piece questioning why suicide bombing comes as such a shocker in a social atmosphere that is fearful of criticizing Islam and its practices.
The author brings up three different examples: Tariq Ramadan, an Islamic scholar; a woman in a Burqa; and an elder baker who is a Muslim. Click to keep on reading!
The Believer’s Talking Points: When My Aunt Passed Away
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When I was 11, my Aunt passed away from cancer. They had two daughters, who at the time were three almost 4 and 7 almost 8.
It happens. Death. It’s a part of our life. We will all die.
The reason I am bringing up this story is the process before my aunt’s death. Click to keep on reading!
Confessions About Dishonesty, And Revisiting Old Research
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Book Review: 23 Years By Ali Dashti (Prophet Muhammad’s Biography)
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I have recently read the book: “23 Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad.” As mentioned in the title, this is a biography of Prophet Muhammad. I highly encourage this book to all readers regardless of your views on Islam. This book aims to neither demonize the Prophet nor overly romanticize his life. It simply evaluates him and the scriptures he revealed to his community as a product of their time and culture. Click to keep on reading!
Observations of Muslim Misconceptions of Ex Muslims: The Internal Defense System of Faithful Muslims
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When you become indoctrinated into faith of religion and God in any way, you develop ways to defend that faith internally from skepticism. You research highly knowledgeable preachers being asked the same tough questions Click to keep on reading!
Double Standards: Salon The Christophobe
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What is Salon.com
Salon is a liberal media outlet gaining popularity and has caught my attention recently. They do well in speaking for victims and I greatly commend them for defending Muslims against bigotry in the Western societies. Coming from a Muslim American family, I have been witness firsthand to many instances of Anti-Muslim bigotry, even against me.
For this, I am grateful to Salon.
Despite this appreciation, I must say this, Salon has been incredibly dishonest, unfair and biased when it comes to Islam, the doctrine of beliefs, the set of ideas of 1.6 billion people. As a private organization, they are entitled to employ whichever narrative they see fit in their writing. However, because their writing is slowly entering mainstream popularity it is our responsibility as readers to identify how problematic and unfair some of their patterns can be. Click to keep on reading!
How Allah is Represented in Spongebob Squarepants
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Hold up let me get this straight…
So Allah was lonely, created Jinn, Humans, Angels. Then Iblis stands up to his authority and was cast away. He challenged God in a battle of wits that will go until the end of existence, over who can get more followers. God then has Adam and Eve chilling in heaven and forbade them to eat a specific fruit… knowing that Iblis was lurking around there as a talking snake. Eve ate it out of temptation. God sent them to Earth where they and their offspring (the rest of humanity) will be tested by God and tempted by Iblis. Click to keep on reading!
Family Observations: How Family and Parents of Ex Muslims Feel
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Coming out is a big step for most Ex Muslims.
For this piece, I’d like to refer to this article of a young woman in the UK coming out to her parents as a sample case study.
This narrative successfully shows the Faithful Muslim Family’s perspective when their loved one renounces the faith.
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