![]() ![]() It has catapulted me into an exciting new terrain, satiating my need for scholarly integrity and a prophetic spirit that meets the challenges of our times. Thankfully, I was introduced to the work of Dr. The myth that I internalized was that progressive Muslim scholarship is not serious, tainted by orientalist thought, and lacks reverential care for the Qu’ran and hadith (sayings of the Prophet ﷺ). While I knew this form of Islam was no longer working for me, I felt lost in how to reconcile my new theological direction with my need for Qu’ranic and jurisprudential intimacy. ![]() Such conversations seem to get lost in straw man arguments, demagoguery, and a growing collective paranoia. As someone who was quite intimate with neo-traditionalist Islam, there seems to be an increasing conservatism that sees these issues as part of an apocalyptic agenda that infringes upon the purity and integrity of Islam. ![]() ( Medium) – For anyone attuned to the Muslim American milieu, it is hard to miss how conversations around gender and sexuality have become major faultlines. ![]()
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