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Islam & The Prophet Muhammad

Additional Resources

    • El-Tawhid Juma Circle Gender-equal, LGBT-affirming mosque.
    • Ismaili Queers: Advocates for Pluralism International group with large representation in Toronto. Contact
    • Salaam CanadaSalaam Canada is a volunteer-run national organization dedicated to creating space for people who identify as both Muslim and queer and trans.
    • “this article …. confront[s] the implicit way Black Muslims are often regarded as fringe associates rather than inherent fellows.”
    • “it has become apparent that simple and naïve binaries, such as reason vs. revelation, rationalist vs. scripturalist, Golden Age vs. Dark Ages, and philosopher vs. mulla, must simply be discarded”
  • The Lost Female Scholars of Islam (2011)
  • “when I started, I thought there may be thirty to forty women, but as the study progressed, the accounts of female scholars kept growing and growing, until eventually there were no less than 8,000 biographical accounts to be found. Such vast numbers truly testify to the huge role that women have played in the preservation and development of Islamic learning since the time of the blessed Prophet Muhammad.”