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The Lady Imam: How a Maryland-born Preacher's Kid Revolutionized Muslims' Lives
amina wadud’s been called crazy. A CIA agent. An exhibitionist. A “devil in hijab.” A “soldier of Satan.” A diva. A victim of a slave mentality. A heretic. An enemy of Islam.
She’s also been compared to Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X. To Protestant reformer Martin Luther and 8th century Islamic mystic Rabia of Basra. Also—kid you not—the 1970s cult bird Jona Read more of this blog post »
She’s also been compared to Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X. To Protestant reformer Martin Luther and 8th century Islamic mystic Rabia of Basra. Also—kid you not—the 1970s cult bird Jona Read more of this blog post »
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“Anybody who forces people to change their beliefs, they are not a teacher. Learning should come from understanding properly, not from being forced.”
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
“This freedom people talk about, to buy whatever they like, wear whatever they like, drink and so on, this is not good for the people," he later told me. "True freedom means freedom from desire. True freedom means freedom of thinking. If your mind just follows your desires - how to make more money, how to eat more, drink more, have more things - it's really worse than slavery.”
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
“Too often the meaning of the hijab is taken as clear and unequivocal, like an on-off switch, a neat binary code. A Muslim woman is “traditional” if she wears one, “modern” if she doesn’t. “Oppressed” if she wears one, “liberated” if not. Scarf on: “devout.” Scarfless: “moderate,” or, who knows? Perhaps even “secular.”
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
― If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
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