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We only own what was given to us freely

We only own what was given to us freely

If modern life in a climate emergency and multiple genocides means we could be among the last to ever believe, then it may be that we understand the struggle against injustice better than the early Muslims did.

Befriending the Qur'an

Befriending the Qur'an

What I send to those who ask me how they can start building their own relationship with revelation. How do you read it? Which translations? Where do you start?

Here is a queer Muslim wellbeing workbook to help you feel less alone

The Signs In Ourselves

Here is a queer Muslim wellbeing workbook to help you feel less alone

Sheltering indoors in the holy month of the first year of the global pandemic, encouraged by a friend, I made a love letter to God and to all the queer Muslims who changed my life.

Doomerism is a transitional phase

Doomerism is a transitional phase

"What will capitalists do when there is nothing left to invest in except each other?"

In Japan for the first time

In Japan for the first time

Brief stories of historical baddies

Brief stories of historical baddies

Remembering: Khutulun, Yennenga, the Trung sisters, Trieu Thi Trinh, Malahayati, Srikandi Tun Fatimah, Ching Shih, Sayyida al-Hurra, Chandramalar, Wong So Ying, Shamsiah Fakeh, Khatijah Sidek, Silvia Morello.

On Sharing A Life: Years in Review 2020-2022

Tea In The Garden

On Sharing A Life: Years in Review 2020-2022

Without a door to lock, I had no choice now but to be this me always.

Rethinking a social emphasis on procreation and proliferation

The Signs In Ourselves

Rethinking a social emphasis on procreation and proliferation

When confronted with this growth-oriented worldview, the burden is often placed on sexually diverse Muslims to change ourselves to conform to it.

The Tawhidic paradigm for human rights

The Tawhidic paradigm for human rights

Tawhid is a fundamental Islamic principle, often translated to as 'monotheism', but as we'll see, there are more layers to it than that. This is a brief adventure into the world of Islamic ethics.

The four-arched portal of Rahma

The Signs In Ourselves

The four-arched portal of Rahma

What do we do when encountering social rhetoric, verses, and hadith that seem to violate the higher Qur'anic ethical principles of love, rahma, beauty, justice, and equity? Dr Ghazala Anwar offers this Qur'anic portal of Rahma to negotiate this apparent challenge to our faith.

Women as authorities and producers of Islamic knowledge

The Signs In Ourselves

Women as authorities and producers of Islamic knowledge

The struggle to decriminalise sexual diversity from within an Islamic framework holds hands with the intergenerational struggle to democratise authority and justice for women.

Breathing with the Opener: A skeleton key meditation

Breathing with the Opener: A skeleton key meditation

A meditation based on the Quran's opener, Surah Al-Fatihah. If you know the sura, you'll have a grounding tool when thoughts wander.