Queer and Muslim

On Faith, Family, and Healing

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

What does it mean to be queer and Muslim in a world that insists you cannot be both?Queer and Muslim is a powerful collection by and for LGBTQ+ Muslims navigating layered identities across lines of faith, family, culture, and community. With contributions spanning essays, poems, letters to past and future selves, and more, the book explores the emotional and spiritual dimensions of queer Muslim life and challenges the perception that faith and queerness are inherently incompatible.These raw accounts confront the psychological toll of grappling with tensions between religious expectations and queer identity and offer rare insight into the ways mental health is lived, expressed, and supported across diverse cultural and theological landscapes. They tell of building chosen families and reconnecting with birth families, radical healing, cultivating spaces of belonging, and reclaiming faith on your own terms.In an era of rising Islamophobia and escalating threats to queer and trans lives, the stories contained within Queer and Muslim—stories of resilience, grief, pleasure, rage, and joy—are vital, each of them an affirmation of the multiplicity of queer Muslim identities. Queer and Muslim invites readers to listen deeply, think expansively, and care more courageously.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-04-21
Mått:204 x 127 x 18 mm
Vikt:150 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:University of Regina Press
Medarbetare:Hendricks,Muhsin
ISBN:9781779401281

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
HBTQ+ inom Samhälle och politik
Genuspsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Rahim Thawer (he/him) is a registered social worker, psychotherapist, and author based in Toronto, Canada. Rahim explores intersections of mental health and systemic oppression in his practice and writing.Maryam Khan (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Maryam conducts community-based research with 2SLGBTTIQ+ individuals and communities.

Recensioner i media

"A vibrant anthology, Queer and Muslim gathers essays and verse from twenty-three authors who reconciled religion and sexuality and traded trauma for good mental health."

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword—Imam Mushin HendricksIntroduction—Rahim Thawer and Maryam KhanPART ONE. IDENTITY AND FAMILYPagal Ke Beta Chaka Ka Ma: Son of Mad, Mother of Fag—Sami SharifWound (Open) Letter to My Mother—SaaraSamajhdaar—Y.K.The glass from my chest is melting into my toes—Maha NoorMe My Mama and My Mama’s Racism—Ayan Yusuf KarsheSelf-Care? No, Thank You—Maryam KhanPART TWO. STRUGGLES AND RESILIENCELessons of Resistance—FiraFighting the Islamic State and Islamophobia—Nazanin MoghadamiAn Overdue Letter to My Inner Child—Adnan PatelRethinking Therapy: Building Resilience through Culture and Spirituality—Robbie AhmedPART THREE. HEALING AND TRANSFORMATIONHonouring Shame: An Embodied Experience of Queering Islam—Sarah ShahPsychedelics and Possibilities—S.H.Party ’n’ Pray: A Conversation about Substances and Spirituality—Shafik Kamani and Rahim ThawerPART FOUR. COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICESTrans Wudu—Aaron El SabroutThe Garden Is My Home—Nathan Viktor FawazQueer Conversations with Allah—Mond MotadiIs That Muslim?: Building Community in Diverse Ways—El-Farouk Khaki in collaboration with Troy JacksonDiving Into Allah’s Mercy—Elias B.Clustering Into Collective Care—Amal Ishaquequasa Meeting Minutes—NasConclusion Epilogue: Honoring Imam Muhsin Hendricks