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My faith was not responsible for this crime. This man was. The Quran and the hadith are clear. He committed a horrific atrocity againist innocent people during the holiest month and then killed himself so he would not face justice in this world. I hope Allah (swt) will judge him severely and swiftly. I hope the victims will find peace, and this criminal will pay.

And I see you. The hypocrites blaming my faith. Trying to convince me Islam is my enemy. You are my enemy - the ones who make me choose between my faith and my sexuality. You are my enemy - the conservative Christians who tell me I am an abomination or a predator. You are my enemy - the atheists and ex-religious who leap at the chance to blame Islam and not homophobia - who were silent in the face of my oppression when the oppressor’s name was familiar and his skin was white.

But I also see you, the Muslims who say “Islam would never condone this.” Because you are right. ISLAM WOULD NEVER CONDONE THIS. But YOU did. When you were silent when we cried for acceptance. When we told you we were afraid to come out to our families. When you made us choose our faith vs. our sexuality. When we told you the Quran and hadith do not condemn homosexuality but you insisted it did. When you insisted that you “loved the sinner and not the sin” - not realizing that you cannot separate who I love from who I am. When you allowed the homophobia to fester, the kind of poison that compels one of our own to go to a gay nightclub and slaughter us like animals.

I haven’t seen a lot of posts that shed some positivity for non-binary Muslims who wear the hijab – I personally sometimes feel it’s frustrating that people see hijabi non-binary people as “female” just because the hijab is an obligation for women. My hijab does not define my gender; only my obligation to my God and my religion! 

Curious Georgiana

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It’s not often that an independent designer makes ready to wear pieces akin to fine art. However, Zunyda Watson has done just that in her latest capsule collection of Zunyda. Using both the avant-garde, and the modern classics, her patterns and silhouettes merge the past with the future. Zunyda makes clothing one could imagine being worn in a kingdom of their own creation. With superior craftwork and elevated concepts, these clothes are fully functional and can be worn in an plethora of settings. This capsule collection includes 5 looks, most of which are interchangeable with other pieces from the line. This small body of work shines a light on one outstanding young designer with a bright future ahead of her.

Understand this whole conflict is about land and not religion, we are not fighting over whether we should fast on Ramadan or on Yom Kippur, or fighting Israelis just because the majority of them is Jewish. 

Understand that not all Palestinians are Muslims, about 15%-20% of Palestinians aren’t.

You support Palestinians for losing their land and facing atrocities, you don’t support Palestinians just because Palestine is holy to you. 

You support all Palestinians equally, don’t put Muslim Palestinians over non-Muslim Palestinians and vice-versa, we are all going through the same struggle.

Don’t speak on our behalf (In other words, lead our cause), we don’t want you to mess up and then we end up getting the blame. You could support us, teach about our cause but don’t lead us, we lead you.

Don’t support us just because you hate the Jewish people, we don’t want your antisemitism.

Understand that Palestine is our land before anyone else

Don’t romanticize our struggle, no it’s not cool to suffer.

Understand that there are diverse opinions amongst Palestinians, both in the diaspora and at home. 

Don’t use Palestine as a springboard to derail and promote your own cause.

do not erase Palestinians of different races in order to present Palestine as an Arab nation when there are Arab Palestinians, afro Palestinians, Armenian Palestinians, Chechnian Palestinians, Jewish Palestinians and more

Do not dictate Palestinians on how we should feel/react. 

Do not criticize their method of resistance. You are not the one suffering from the consequences. 

Don’t steal our narrative.

We are not helpless victims. We do not need to be saved. So please, enough with this saviorship complex.