Credit to The Inner Circle. From the February/March 2012 Newsletter which includes the background to the creation of these images (www.theinnercircle.org.za). I just loved them so much I had to reblog.
There is only one Straight Path.
وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
(Jesus said): “And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path.” | Surāt Maryam (Mary) [19:36] - سورة مريم
A very interesting conversation about homosexuality and Islam happening on a friend’s FB wall. She posted an article about an imam marrying a gay couple (one of whom has AIDS) and asked for people’s thoughts. I have to say I was surprised how quick people were to say they were against it. For example this dude:
And he got 9 likes! The conversation made me angry, obviously, so I couldn’t stop myself from posting something:
And then this is the response I got, almost immediately I might add.
“Whether we agree or not, God agrees with me, so you are wrong.”
I know you have to pick your battles. And I know this is what is coming for me when I one day perform gay and lesbian marriages for Muslims, but man, it just makes me so angry.Article here, by the way.
“I am a trans Muslim. I think Muslims who say it is a sin don’t understand Allah. I don’t care how many surat you quote at me; my gender is between me and Allah only. To the people who say, “Be satisfied with the body Allah gave you,” I say this: Allah doesn’t make mistakes. If He intended me to be cis, He would have made me so. I thank Allah for making me transgender. Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds).” Submitted by once-and-future-bastard
Where are you, Islamic Pagans?
I’m going to need some music to deal with all these words I’ve until now refused to put down.
I do not know how to handle being called by Allah (SWT). I don’t know how to incorporate worshiping him into my faith. I don’t know how to do any of this. For the first time in a very long time, I am completely lost as to what I believe in.
Do I convert to Islam and take my shahada? Do I ignore Allah (SWT)? Do I mix the two religions?
I hear, every once in a while, about one person or another being both Muslim and Pagan. But I can never find these people myself. There are so many Christian Pagans, but Islamic Pagans almost seem to not exist. Where are you? Where are you people who believe as I do?
Or am I alone? Have you decided, like I might, to ignore Allah (SWT) or go solely into his light? Did the pressure get to you? Did the uncertainty and loneliness get to you?
Should I fight this fight, to show you you weren’t wrong? Or should I, too, choose one or the other and give up part of who I truly am?
The Jews and Christians
But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved."
Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?"
Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.
The Holy Quran 5: 18
إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
For he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We have appointed the devils as friends to those who do not have faith.
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Surah al-A’raf, verse 27 (via rashidagokcebag) That would actually be pretty sweet. Devil friends? Sign me up! |
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WALYADRIBNA BIKHUMURIHINNA ‘ALAA JUYOOBIHINNA
Translation: AND TO DRAW THEIR VEILS OVER THEIR BOSOMS.
Can it be said any clearer than that.
This
is not hijab.
It does not meet the requirements for hijab. It does not cover your chest. This is something a prepubescent Muslim girl wears to the masjid for Sunday school because she has no chest to cover (and they often are longer on children anyway due to their small size). These are made for children as introductory hijabs. These are not made for adults.
People who are against hijab often say that hijab, specifically the head covering, is not commanded in the Quran. It is. Allah didn’t have to tell the women to specifically cover their hair (even though he does if you study the Arabic used in the Quran) because women were already covering back then, only they weren’t covering correctly. Allah didn’t have to flat out tell women to cover their hair because they already were covering their hair. Instead, Allah told women to cover their chests as well because the women were not covering their chests with their headcoverings. They wore them behind their ears, tossed over their shoulders. So Allah told these women how to cover correctly.
This is not slut shaming or hijab shaming.
These are the words of Allah.
And anyone who spreads them over and over again are not slut shaming or hijab shaming.
Allah told us how to cover and who are we if we tell each other to cover any differently?
Do we know better than Allah?
Muslimahs, I suggest that we stop suggesting other than what Allah suggested when it comes to hijab. I suggest we stop telling each other to ‘wear whatever you want’ because Allah has told us something entirely different.
There are conditions for hijab. Meet them.
Emphasis mine.
I always find it fascinating when people claim religion can supersede ideas of equality. How it’s wrong to shame women particularly for clothes that women particularly wear, unless “god” supports it.
Strange.
One would think that god would abstain from slut-shaming. That what god says isn’t slut-shaming because it’s immoral and he wouldn’t do it, not because what god says isn’t slut-shaming because it’s okay when god does it.
I WILL REBLOG EVERYTHING THIS PERSON POSTS SO THAT THE MUSLIM-RELATED TAGS ARE FLOODED WITH PROGRESSIVENESS AND GAYNESS AND NOT MISOGYNY, HOMOPHOBIA, AND GENERAL RELIGIOUS HATEFULNESS
YOU SHALL DO LIKEWISE
+2359 INDULGENCES I WILL GIVE
On Wednesday, Faisal Alam, a “queer-identified Muslim activist,” spoke at Cornell about issues surrounding two communities — LGBT and Islam — that he said are rarely addressed together.
(click title to read full article)
Credit to Jinjoo Lee of The Cornell Daily Sun
When God pushes you to the edge trust Him because only one of two things can happen. Either He will catch you when you fall or He will teach you how to fly.
Well, god sure sounds abusive.
