At the Islam 101 classes I’ve attended for the past year, a new attendee asked me if I believe in heaven, and what I thought it took to get there. I walked through the five pillars of Islam. I talked about fasting even when it is hard. I talked about paying charity because it isContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 2020: On Heaven”
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Ramadan 2020: On having everything I need
I converted to Islam when I was 16. You can read my conversion memoir at The Other Journal out of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology under “Other Publications.” If you’ve followed along for awhile, you know that I’ve spent the last five years pursuing a spiritual path. This year I’m not fasting Ramadan,ContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 2020: On having everything I need”
8: Cataloging fact #2: Mohammedanism
Peace Be Upon You In 1988, I went into my local public library (in a progressive, university town), looking for information on Islam. I was very proud of my facility with the card catalog and I went straight for the “I’s.” Nothing. I went to a librarian who cheerfully led me back to the wallContinueContinue reading “8: Cataloging fact #2: Mohammedanism”
Jihad for Love
A documentary called A Jihad for Love is starting a U.S. tour – its about Lesbian and Gay Muslims. “Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islam today is the world’s second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the manyContinueContinue reading “Jihad for Love”
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