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Intersectional paths to the Divine (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 8 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Intersectional paths to the Divine (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 8 of 12)

A Muslim falls in love with the Psalms. A genderfluid person finds their way back to Islam by honouring their ancestors. A teacher assigns his students time with a community of sex workers.

Some inspiring elements of Islam (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 7 of 12):

The Signs In Ourselves

Some inspiring elements of Islam (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 7 of 12):

In this part of the series, you’ll find stories about why queer Muslims hold fast to our status as believers, and what is it about Islam that inspires in us comfort and growth.

Experiences of Divine Love (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 6 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Experiences of Divine Love (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 6 of 12)

Some say they experienced Divine love in their own journeys in specific interventions such as in dreams and people. But some pushed back on this question altogether, reframed it, and shared a broader and more perpetual experience of Divine love instead.

Building belief and narratives of our faith (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 5 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Building belief and narratives of our faith (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 5 of 12)

Many of us have experienced a disconnect between our faith and queer aspects of our identity. Was this the case for you? Muslims reflect on how their understanding of God changed with their understanding of themselves.

Connecting truth and the Divine (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 4 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Connecting truth and the Divine (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 4 of 12)

In this part, a lesbian confronts her internalised homophobia, a loving mother prays with her trans son in an Islamic boarding school, and a waria community teaches a conservative man something about God.

Our daily lives, challenges, and priorities (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 3 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Our daily lives, challenges, and priorities (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 3 of 12)

A young woman decides to leave all that she has known behind in search of love, and a man brings his collection of classical texts to face a mufti in person. Queer Muslims answer: What's really important to you right now?

Describing the Muslims we live with (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 2 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Describing the Muslims we live with (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 2 of 12)

How would you explain the interaction of Islam with politics, geography, and history in your social context to diverse Muslims from somewhere else?

Finding language to describe our diversity (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 1 of 12)

The Signs In Ourselves

Finding language to describe our diversity (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 1 of 12)

What do we know to be true about ourselves? To begin articulating the Truth of diversity, we start by exploring gender and the language we use to self-describe.

Expanding the Muslim knowledge tradition for gender justice

Expanding the Muslim knowledge tradition for gender justice

Muslims believe that the Qur'an is timeless in its benefit. To understand meaning in the Qur’an in any location or time after revelation, tools and concepts in Qur'anic sciences were created. Diverse Muslims can use these traditional tools towards achieving justice in our lived realities today.

Socrates, sense-perception, and the Quran

Socrates, sense-perception, and the Quran

"This is what the earlier Muslim students of the Quran completely missed under the spell of classical speculation."

A transcendent affiliation

A transcendent affiliation

When Muslims eventually created their own calendar a dozen years later, they looked back and decided this was the year it began.

Listening to interfaith feminists in Southeast Asia

Listening to interfaith feminists in Southeast Asia

The discourse of faith and feminism in Southeast Asia is exciting and prolific, but often overlooked.