Rape and Hookup Culture: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Predictably, some Muslims reacted with disgust at my latest post about the connection between rape culture and hookup culture. This reaction is baffling to...
Real Muslims Eat Bacon and Don’t Believe in God
Let me save you the time of reading this:
"Nuanced portrayal of Muslim life" means portraying Muslims as unapologetically pig-eating, alcohol-drinking, LGBT-rights-supporting, existence-of-God-questioning, casual-sex-having, brown...
Religious Freedom Means Sell Pork or Get Out
This is perfectly consistent with liberal conceptions of religious freedom, even as it is understood in America. After all, if the secular state can...
Sex Sells, The Same Way Drugs Sell
Why is the music and movie industry so sex-obsessed? We are told that it is because "sex sells," i.e., that the masses want sex,...
Why Be a Muslim Skeptic?
Allah says, "And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah's way. They follow nothing but...
Close the Liquor Stores
Ask some American Muslims to pose civil opposition to the opening of liquor stores in our cities because Allah has prohibited intoxicants, and these...
Illegitimate Ways to Escape the Dunya
If you talk to a drug addict, you might be surprised to hear about their desire to leave this world, to leave their bodies,...
Drugs As Escape from Dunya
For many, the basis of their drug use is escape from the world. In some ways, this is an understandable, even commendable impulse: the...
I Blame the Victim
I believe in blaming the victim in some sense and in some cases.
For example, there are some men who are accused of rape who...
The Danger of Fighting Islamophobia
Yes, there is a danger here and it is very obvious to anyone who has observed how this movement led by Muslim activists has...
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9 Expressions Muslims Should NEVER Use
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Should I Study Islam Traditionally or Academically? Modernist Distortions
إِنَّ هَذَا العِلْمَ دِيْنٌ؛ فَانْظُرُواْ عَمَّنْ تَأخُذُوْنَ دِيْنَكُمْ
“Indeed this knowledge is the religion, so be careful about whom you take your religion from.” -...
Ideological Subversion of Islam [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/GyDSUhKDIqI
How Modernity Warps the Human Mind and the Fitra
This article is based on select lessons from Alasna Institute's course: Tortured Minds. For more in depth instruction on this topic, enroll at Alasna...
Feminist Contradictions: The Anti-Islam Message Behind The Handmaid’s Tale
Those who use feminism and secularism to attack Islam by co-opting the screen version of The Handmaid’s Tale, fall on their own sword.
Margaret Atwood’s seminal...
Election Aftermath: Advice for My UK Brothers and Sisters from a Yankee Muslim
The Conservatives have won and now you face the aftermath. I believe that your situation mirrors the situation of US Muslims after Trump's win...
Greeting and Congratulating Non-Muslims on Their Holidays: Halal or Haram?
One of the most controversial topics in the US and the West more broadly that is a source of division and confusion among Muslims...