One of the frustrating aspects of watching conversations about Islam in our largely-non-Muslim society is seeing people misuse words and go uncorrected, so I wanted to go through a few of the most frequently-misused words and discuss their actual meanings. Infidel – This is a big one, and the main inspiration for this post. Living …
I was a Religious Studies major in college, and in the course of my reading I once ran across a particular version of the Genesis story: On the first day, God created light. On the second day, God created the firmament. On the third day, God separated the oceans from the dry land. On the …
I went to a “world hijab day” event on Wednesday night, and one of the ladies I exchanged contact info with emailed me after a friend of hers said that she thought hijab was oppressive to women, wanting to know if wearing the hijab was a choice for me. Since I ended up spending a …
Since I went back to wearing hijab, I’ve had a handful of people tell me that if there’s a Muslim registry instituted, they will sign up for it. It’s a nice sentiment, but a bit empty given the unlikelihood of a registry you voluntarily sign up for. So if you want to genuinely show solidarity …
After thinking about it for a couple of months, and more intensively post-election, I’ve decided that I’m going to start wearing hijab again. I can’t ignore the potential good I can do by being friendly, articulate, very American, and visibly Muslim at the same time. I went back and forth about it for a long …