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The Signs In Ourselves

Adapted from the workbook, The Signs In Ourselves: Exploring Queer Muslim Courage is a free wellbeing resource inspired by Quran verses 41:53 and 51:20-21, full of queer Muslim voices from Southeast Asia and all over. Written by Liy Yusof and illustrated by Dhiyanah Hassan, the pdf was made available online in 2020 by the Coalition for Sexual & Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

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.