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Islam In America
Qu’ran Recitation Apps That Don’t Include Female Voices
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Suzy Shuraym
As the Independence Day celebrations draw near, it’s time to talk (once again) about the role of women in American Islam. Yes, this blog (despite digressions abroad) centers on Muslims in the United States. Women here are regarded differently than they are in Muslim-majority countries. In many ways, American Muslim women are forging a new…
Black. Gay. Imam.
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Suzy Shuraym
“Think you have challenges in your life? What do you think the challenges are for a gay, black, Muslim who is the United States’ first openly gay Imam?” Read more about Daayiee Abdullah, who lives and works in Washington, D.C.: Meet America’s Only Openly Gay Imam But, isn’t being homosexual un-Islamic? No. As Abdullah points…
What the Heck’s Wrong with Pakistan?
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Suzy Shuraym
In yet another chapter in appalling news from Pakistan, a Christian couple has been beaten and then burned death by a mob which allegedly believed they should die for having desecrated the Qu’ran. How in the name of all that is holy can that be happening in the 21st Century? What is wrong with citizens…
Our Founding Fathers Included Islam
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Suzy Shuraym
According to a new book by Denise A. Spellberg, Thomas Jefferson didn’t just own a Qur’an — he engaged with Islam and fought to ensure the rights of Muslims. Check out this article in Salon, and consider getting a copy of Islam and the Founders.
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