u/The-Mad-Mango

If Islam was all about peace, love and justice, we’d have to change up A WHOOOOOOLE LOT of words in the Quran. 😅

These are just a few of the one too many verses that didn’t sit right with me as a Muslim. I kept wondering why Allah would be so cruel? So what if others wanted to believe their own faiths? Why teach us to hate and distrust them so much? How could the Prophet, supposedly the best example of a decent human, say such horrific and disappointing things? And, we can’t even question, criticize or change it?

The man clearly didn’t care about respect unless it was for his god, his beliefs and his followers. That’s literally why it’s called Islam, to submit.

Haram Doodles: https://www.instagram.com/p/DX\_JzzRleyM/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Bonus: Muslim comments on Haram Doodles

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May is Mental Health Month! 🧠

Need a little self-care and mental health support on your journey out of Islam?

Check out:

After Faith Therapy https://afterfaiththerapy.com/

Elsewhere Initiative https://www.elsewhereinitiative.com/

Faithless Hijabi https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/

Haram Doodles: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxhZvZmDxZ/

I wondered what it would be like if we reimagined hijab rules because it still isn’t a choice for one too many girls and women in Iran, Afghanistan and in Muslim homes around the world.

As a Muslim, I used to think of the hijab as a tough decision to make, to live or not to live in the most pious way of being a Muslim woman. I was told by multiple Muslim women to consider the hijab only when my faith in Islam and Allah was strong.

But once I started deconstructing Islam, I couldn’t help noticing the obvious gender-bias in the texts, norms and rules. When it came to clothing, men could be in shorts and no mullah yelled about them being a fitna and causing earthquakes. No Muslim man was hurt or harmed for showing his hair or skin.

I grew up with the privilege of choosing NOT to wear the hijab unless I had to, for praying, going to the mosque or reading the Quran. I didn’t wear it because I loved doing my hair, and no one was threatening to punish or kill me for it. Not my Muslim family nor the US government.

The sad reality is, women and girls in my Muslim community in America and around the world can’t say the same. They’re commanded, expected and forced to wear the hijab from a young age or sold a dreamy idea of being an honorable and virtuous Muslim woman who pleases Allah and gets into his heaven.

We know women and girls are disproportionately policed more in Muslim homes, communities and countries than men. We also learn to self-police, especially what we wear in public and at home. We worry about parts of our hair and body showing, as if the sexualization and objectification wasn’t enough outside of Islam.

Haram Doodles:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXghb9zG-PZ/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkCMsKJv/

What do you leave behind when you’re living with or visiting religious family?

Honestly… If our Muslim families knew who we really were, chances are, we wouldn’t be allowed back in. So we learn to leave one or many parts of ourselves outside just to protect our safety, self-love and mental health.

Special thanks to an ExMuslim woman for sparking this doodle idea! ❤️

Haram Doodles: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXPnIf4GFoT/