“Yes, it\u2019s possible to be queer and Muslim” <\/a><\/p>\n“I don\u2019t need to defend why I keep going back to my mosque, don\u2019t need to name the spiritual highs and sense of connectedness I derive from this imperfect space, this imperfect community. This imperfect community that struggles with homophobia, but also with anti-blackness and misogyny, that is simultaneously battling surveillance and racial profiling, wars in the name of saving us from ourselves, motherlands being pounded by drones.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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