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Sister, I ask out of concern and bafflement, how are you a niqabi while also swearing and supporting the lgbt community which is haram? Allah SWT created you perfect the way you are, you shouldn't deny your gender by using words made up by the western world. Do you wear the niqab to please Allah while doing other things that displease Him?

Bro I'm my own person, I can do what I want

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already was part of my belief system

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israel banned mosques from playing the adhan

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don't get me wrong i love wearing it and really can't imagine myself ever taking it off!! but feeling insecure and craving male validation from time to time is inevitable

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Woah woah woah. I saw your blog, liked it, found it interesting, but had some qualms about it I couldn't shake off. Instead of deciding not to give the benefit of the doubt I went to a Muslim woman-aligned person who I saw and seemed nice to ask, and I'm just told I'm spreading Islamphobia? Even though I didn't spread it I asked??

Also, accusing me of weak hadiths that no scholar believes? Not to be rude, but Aisha's age is stated in Sahih al-Bukhari 5134 and Sahih al-Bukhari is considered the most authentic hadith by Muslims and the second most authoritative book, behind the Quran itself. (I checked with multiple sources! Not one criticized its strength.)

The one about marrying young is in the Quran directly (At-Talaq 65:4) and the one about women having half the witness due to a bad mind is Sahih al-Bukhari 2658, again the most reliable hadith.

I'm not trying to accuse you. I'm not trying to have a debate. I'm not even demanding I understand. I opened my concerns softly, not saying it's inherently a problem but asking you how you grapple with such ideas, expecting an explanation or a link to a source. Instead I was told I spread Islamphobic crap. Which is why I'm giving the sources. I'm not giving them to be right and to prove Islam is wrong. Again: this is not a debate. I wanted the perspective from a Muslim, and maybe you got defensive thinking i was against you.

I admit I am. Frustrated. That you said Sahih al-Bukhari and the Quran itself was weak and I should obviously know that instead of spreading misinformation, so maybe this frustration is obvious in this ask. If it is, I want to clarify again: that is because I am human with human emotions, and I am not picking a fight. I just wanted to listen to Muslims.

Honestly, I don't really even use the Hadiths I do not believe they are reliable sources for such important things they are fallible, also if you want to discuss things further do it in my DMs

Even the most accurate Hadith is Miles behind the Quran

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A reminder for my queer muslims out there

Allah swt loves you, He accepts you.

Do not let others hateful and otherwise[morally] wrong interpretations stop you from worshipping the almighty.

I want you to think of it this way: Would the all-merciful, all-accepting send you to jahannam for simply liking the other sex? For identifying as the opposite(or different) gender from what you were born with? Despite all you have done for the sake of Him? Not the Allah swt I know! "O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into races and tribes, so that you may identify one another. Surely the noblest of you, in Allah’s sight, is the one who is most pious of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware." (49:13)

The fact you identify as queer and your existence alone is a sign from Allah swt.

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How do you grapple w/ Aisha's age, women's minds being inferior and their witness half of a man, marriage being allowed for young children, and Muhammad being so sinful but meant to be the model we follow (and many more problems?) I'm a Christian who wants to learn about other religions but I can't see how people can possibly follow it, though I want to give the benefit of the doubt

Uh you mean the stuff that has extremely weak evidence for so much so that all reasonable scholars have dismissed it for being Bullshit? Yeah none of stuff was True, Aisha was probably like 19 all that stuff is from Weak Hadith, don't spread Islamophobic misinformation

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All of this food is Holy, I praise God for the Wonderful Food and I nourish my Body in his name (Alhamdulillah for Butter, Garlic, Potatoes, Onions, Monosodium Glutamate, and Carrots) (also I'm pretty sure all of this food is Halal as well)

[grabs your shirt] listen. listen to me. the practical is holy. the everyday is sacred. the simple act of surviving is divine. do you get it? sanctity begins at home, in the hands that build and the lives we live and the deaths we die and the worms that eat our bodies. if making something by hand is not worthy of veneration then nothing is.

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[grabs your shirt] listen. listen to me. the practical is holy. the everyday is sacred. the simple act of surviving is divine. do you get it? sanctity begins at home, in the hands that build and the lives we live and the deaths we die and the worms that eat our bodies. if making something by hand is not worthy of veneration then nothing is.

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Honestly I feel like it's a bit insulting to God to insist that They create a person in dignity only once, at their birth, and not continually over the course of their whole life, through the love and intelligence that both have their ultimate source in the Almighty.

My top surgery wasn't a mark against the dignity my Creator gave me, it was an act of creation born out of the love I have known from family, friends, strangers, and God, as well as a testament to human ingenuity and craft that are gifts from God. I carry around all of that on my trans body every single day and every single day I thank the Lord for it.

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Correct Allah the most Exalted and High, Master and Creator of the Universe permeates all of their Immense Creation, perhaps their Creation is a part of him (I use He and They for Allah interchangeably)

there is a shard of God within me. a splinter of the Divine. it draws blood but it is worth the pain

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I think it's important to remember that every single religion can be twisted for violence and oppression and abuse and control. Yes, including the one that you think can't be. But quickly, before anti-theists start saying that religion is an inherently evil violence accelerant, remember that this is true for any ideology, including anti-theism. Violence and oppression and abuse and control happens wherever there are people who think that those things will help them get what they want.

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There are some good translations of some of these, inshallah is God willing or may God will it, Mashallah is God wills it/God has Willed it or God has made it so, Alhamdulillah is best translated Praise Belongs to God, or as God Bless, Subhanallah is similar but is a little trickier it's a little closer to Praise and Exalt God

something i love about muslims is the way that they honor God in everyday language. words like, "alhamdulillah", "subhanallah", "inshallah"....such a beautiful way to think of things. alhamdulillah for everything, thank you God for the things you've blessed me with. subhanallah rolls off your tongue like sweet honey as you admire the things our Creator made. inshallah- if God wills it- may we meet again another day. i wish i could speak these words, i feel like it would strengthen my faith. however, i am not from an arabic speaking culture and as a Christian, i don't want to appropriate islam.

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Correct we did :3

*quietly sweeps my theology beef with Catholicism under a rug*

Muslims popped off with “inshallah” and prayer rugs and I hold great admiration and respect for them for both of those things

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every time i see someone exclude, mock or ignore queer religious people's existence (whether from bigoted religious people or bigoted queer people) i think it should be perfectly acceptable for us to punch them in the face for that

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It takes some Audacity to claim THE MOST HIGH AND EXALTED CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE can't do something, Be glad Allah is Merciful because if he wasn't youd (as in the people saying such) be TOAST

Whenever someone says God can't make people gay, it takes a lot of self-control not to say that telling The Good Lord what He can and can't do with His creation is not a hill I'd want to die on