tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263712876966942054.post5123810093709738383..comments2017-01-29T21:22:46.303-05:00Comments on Desiring/Submitting: What I find attractive about Islamdesiring.submittinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834692919711683476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263712876966942054.post-16110142813283104462009-03-28T22:38:00.000-04:002009-03-28T22:38:00.000-04:00Keep going sister, I wish your success in your sea...Keep going sister, I wish your success in your search for the truth of a purposeful living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263712876966942054.post-11813988245429301632009-03-28T13:07:00.000-04:002009-03-28T13:07:00.000-04:00“Why? What would a highly educated queer feminist ...“Why? What would a highly educated queer feminist Jew find appealing in Islam? Isn’t Islam against everything she stands for???”<BR/><BR/>Ugh, I remember getting things similar to this when telling people I'm a feminist. They'd be extremely surprised, as if it were impossible for a list of characteristics that includes feminism and intelligence to describe one person to also include Islam. I think that when most people think of Islam--non-Muslims, and sadly, some Muslims alike--they only think of the rigorous set of rules that make up our religious lifestyle, instead of also thinking of the soft, deep-rooted beliefs and that calming effect you get after you practice these rituals--like the world is serene and you have so much love it pulses from you and through you so easily and quickly. That is spirituality, and it is the most important element. With a clean lifestyle you need a spiritually understood self.DesertRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852504098890528337noreply@blogger.com