#muslim positivity

[mlmxreader]

lesbian Muslims are fantastic.

gay Muslims are brilliant.

bisexual Muslims are wonderful.

pansexual Muslims are amazing.

omnisexual Muslims are lovely.

aromantic Muslims are marvellous.

asexual Muslims are spectacular.

transgender Muslims are phenomenal.

nonbinary Muslims are sensational.

Poly Muslims are stupendous.

queer Muslims are outstanding.

queer & lgbtqia+ Muslims are sublime.

you are important, valued, cherished, treasured. you are loved and deserve to be loved in return (however that looks for you & if you wish to be!). you are ENOUGH, and you are doing amazing.

#queer positivity #queer muslim #queer #lgbt positivity #lgbt pride #lgbtq positivity #lgbtq pride #lgbtqia pride #lgbtqia positivity #muslim positivity #muslims #queer Muslims #islam #positive affirmations #positive #positivity #lgbt #lesbian #gay #bisexual #pansexual #omnisexual #aromantic #asexual #transgender #nonbinary #agender #polysexual #polyamourous #poly

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

this is one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen. in the midst of trauma, heartbreak, injustice, tragedy, death, and injury, they managed to come together for weddings. they’re dancing and cheering. look at their faces!! look at the children!!

it’s been hard enough seeing them go through endless amounts of horror. seeing them celebrate themselves is wonderful.

#this is beautiful #muslim positivity #free palestine #save palestine #help palestine #help palestinians #save palestinians #please share #please reblog #people need to see this #everyone needs to see this #everyone needs to watch this

[orange-lover]

from a jew, i stand with all muslims right now. its such a horrible time, and you all deserve so much respect. all my love 🧡

#davepeta talks #muslim positivity

[mlm-revert]

music is one of my favorite things that God has given this life. like how amazing that God has given us this coping mechanism, this light in our lives. I can feel so many things when i listen to music, but I mostly feel grateful towards God for it.

#lgbt muslim #queer muslim #lgbtqia muslim #lgbtq muslim #muslim positivity #muslim revert #muslim #yes I am listening to The Loneliest Time by Carly Rae Jepson #Does it make me feel close to Allah? of course! #queer religion #religious lgbt

[queerbatting]

shoutout to nonbinary/agender/otherwise gender nonconforming people who choose to wear cultural clothing typically associated with a certain gender!

jews who wear kippot, muslims who wear hijabs and burqas and niqābs and jilbābs and kimars, sihks who wear turbans, just to name a few!

whether you're wearing these because you have a connection to the gender associated with the article of clothing, or if you wear them because you want to challenge gender roles, or if youre just used to wearing them and don't think your gender should stop you from continuing, or any other reason, i think you all rule!!! im actually a nonbinary jew who wears kippot :] rock on!

and to those who are forced to wear these things, i hope one day you all are in a place where you can have the freedom of choice

#jumblr #kippah #hijabi #muslim #queer #gnc #nonbinary #trans #transgender #nonbinary positivity #trans positivity #gnc positivity #critter chitters #NOTE: post has been edited to better reflect my intent. my apologies for messing up my wording

[frommydiary]

How beautiful it is that Allah ﷻ gives us countless opportunities to turn to Him.

No matter what you have done, or how far you have gone, His doors of Mercy are always open.

فَفِرُّواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ

Turn back to Him!

#inspirational quotes #knowledge #holyquran #islam #muslim #deen #la ilaha illa allah #allahswt #allahissuffucient #tumblog #positivity #tumblr #hadith #tumblr milestone #islamicpost #islamicreminders #quoeoftheday

[queer-muslim-culture-is]

to all my fellow trans muslims on trans day of visibility: i see you and i hear you. you are not and never will be alone in this

if youre not trans but you know someone who is, take the time to tell them that they are loved today, yea ?

#theres a lot i could say but i dont know to make the words sounds meaningful #we exist we are alive we are here we are breathing and we are together in that #no matter what we are together in that #not queer muslim culture #trans day of visibility #tdov #queer muslim #queer #muslim #positivity

[dashingwishes]

May this month of May be your happiest moment of your life. Where you worry less and finally enjoy yourself with sweet thoughts & remember to be grateful for the simple things in life 🩷

#positivity #dua #prayers #quotes #my words #may #month #positivethinking #month of may #spring #healthy #love #peace #poetry #personal #poems #healing #inshallah #islam #muslims #afghans #pashtun #1k

[hussyknee]

Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani’s Kitab al-Aghani records the lives of a number of individuals including one named Tuways who lived during the last years of Muhammad and the reigns of the early Muslim dynasties. Tuways was mukhannathun: those who were born as men, but who presented as female. They are described by al-Isfahani as wearing bangles, decorating their hands with henna, and wearing feminine clothing. One mukhannathun, Hit, was even in the household of the Prophet Muhammad. Tuways earned a reputation as a musician, performing for clients and even for Muslim rulers. When Yahya ibn al-Hakam was appointed as governor, Tuways joined in the celebration wearing ostentatious garb and cosmetics. When asked by the governor if he were Muslim Tuways affirmed his belief, proclaiming the declaration of faith and saying that he observes the fast of Ramadan and the five daily prayers. In other words, al-Isfahani, who recorded the life of a number of mukhannathun like Tuways, saw no contradiction between his gender expression and his Muslimness. From al-Isfahani we read of al-Dalal, ibn Surayj, and al-Gharid—all mukhannathun—who lived rich lives in early Muslim societies. Notably absent from al-Isfahani’s records is any state-sanctioned persecution. Instead, the mukhannathun are an accepted part of society.

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Far from isolated cases, across Islamic history—from North Africa to South Asia—we see widespread acceptance of gender nonconforming and queer individuals. - Later in the Ottoman Empire, there were the köçek who were men who wore women’s clothing and performed at festivals. Formally trained in dance and percussion instruments, the köçek were an important part of social functions. A similar practice was found in Egypt. The khawal were male dancers who presented as female, wearing dresses, make up, and henna. Like their Ottoman counterparts, they performed at social events.

- In South Asia, the hijra were and are third-sex individuals. The term is used for intersex people as well as transgender women. Hijra are attested to among the earliest Muslim societies of South Asia where, according to Nalini Iyer, they were often guardians of the household and even held office as advisors.

- In Iraq, the mustarjil are born female, but present as men. In Wilfred Thesiger’s The Marsh Arabs the guide, Amara explains, “A mustarjil is born a woman. She cannot help that; but she has the heart of a man, so she lives like a man.” When asked if the mustarjil are accepted, Amara replies “Certainly. We eat with her and she may sit in the mudhif.” Amara goes on to describe how mustarjil have sex with women.

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Historian Indira Gesink analyzed 41 medical and juristic sources between the 8th and 18th centuries and discovered that the discourse of a “binary sex” was an anachronistic projection backwards. Gesink points out in one of the earliest lexicography by the 8th century al-Khalil ibn Ahmad that he suggests addressing a male-presenting intersex person as ya khunathu and a female-presenting intersex person as ya khanathi while addressing an effeminate man as ya khunathatu. This suggests a clear recognition of a spectrum of sex and gender expression and a desire to address someone respectfully based on how they presented.

Tolerance of gender ambiguity and non-conformity in Islamic cultures went hand-in-hand with broader acceptance of homoeroticism. Texts like Ali ibn Nasir al-Katib’s Jawami al-Ladhdha, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani’s Kitab al-Aghani, and the Tunisian, Ahmad al-Tifashi’s Nuz’ha al-‘Albab attest to the widespread acceptance of same-sex desire as natural. Homoeroticism is a common element in much of Persian and Arabic poetry where youthful males are often the object of desire. From Abu Nuwas to Rumi, from ibn Ammar to Amir Khusraw, some of the Islamic world’s greatest poets were composing verses for their male lovers. Queer love was openly vaunted by poets. One, Ibn Nasr, immortalizes the love between two Arab lesbians Hind al Nu’man and al-Zarqa by writing:

“Oh Hind, you are truer to your word than men. Oh, the differences between your loyalty and theirs.”

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Acceptance of same-sex desire and gender non-conformity was the hallmark of Islamic societies to such a degree that European travelers consistently remarked derisively on it. In the 19th century, Edward Lane wrote of the khawal: “They are Muslims and natives of Egypt. As they personate women, their dances are exactly of the same description as those of the ghawazee; and are, in like manner, accompanied by the sound of castanets.”

A similarly scandalized CS Sonnini writes of Muslim homoerotic culture:

“The inconceivable appetite which dishonored the Greeks and the Persians of antiquity, constitute the delight, or to use a juster term, the infamy of the Egyptians. It is not for women that their ditties are composed: it is not on them that tender caresses are lavished; far different objects inflame them.”

In his travels in the 19th century, James Silk Buckingham encounters an Afghan dervish shedding tears for parting with his male lover. The dervish, Ismael, is astonished to find how rare same-sex love was in Europe. Buckingham reports the deep love between Ismael and his lover quoting, “though they were still two bodies, they became one soul.”

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Today, vocal Muslim critics of LGBTQ+ rights often accuse gay and queer people of imposing a “Western” concept or forcing Islam to adjust to “Western values” failing to grasp the irony of the claim: the shift in the 19th and 20th century was precisely an alignment with colonial values over older Islamic ones, all of which led to legal criminalization. In fact, the common feature among nations with anti-LGBTQ+ legislation isn’t Islam, but rather colonial law.

Don't talk to me I'm weeping. I'm not Muslim, but the grief of colonization runs in the blood of every Global South person. Dicovering these is like finding our lost treasures among plundered ruins.

Queer folk have always, always been here; we have always been inextricable, shining golden threads in the tapestry of human history. To erase and condemn us is to continue using the scalpel of colonizers in the mutilation and betrayal of our own heritage.

#islam #queer muslims #queer history #lgbt history #colonization #colonialism #imperialism #world history #trans positivity #gay positivity #intersex positivity #queer poetry #queer love #queer art #islamic culture #lgbtqia #islamic history #global south #pinkwashing #islamphobia #colonial violence #queer erasure #arab culture #ottoman empire #hijra #wlw #mlm #knee of huss #same sex love #egyptian culture

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

🌙 Ramadan Mubarak to all queer Muslims out there!! ⭐️

#ramadan 2023 #ramadan #lgbtq positivity #queer positivity #queer #trans #transgender #muslim #islam #lgbtq+ #trans positivity #my posts #religion #religious holidays

[mehsha]

🤍

#deenoverdunya #sunnah #islam #daily reminder #positive mental attitude #muslim #muslimah

[violottie]

ahem, taps mic....

lesbianism is not a quota to fill. lesbianism is not what you do. it is innate; it is who you are.

a lesbian is a woman or lesbian aligned nonbinary person who is exclusively attracted to women and non-man aligned nonbinary people.

you fit that? you're a lesbian!

lesbian sexuality is so profoundly beautiful and diverse and powerful. it is boundless, limitless and abundant. it is joyous and overflowing with glory and strength.

take pride, lesbians. we are the best.

❤️🧡🤍🩷💖

#lesbian #lesbian pride #lesbian positivity #lesbian joy #lesbianism #les4les #butch lesbian #femme lesbian #stud lesbian #stone lesbian #trans lesbian #nonbinary lesbian #aro lesbian #ace lesbian #aroace lesbian #black lesbian #brown lesbian #lesbian poc #lesbian woc #non partnering lesbian #disabled lesbian #christian lesbian #muslim lesbian #religious lesbian

[soft-sapphic-love]

Queer Muslims deserve so much more recognition and adoration than they get. I hope you all know how absolutely worthy and important you are to the queer community!

#q #sapphic #lgbt #muslim sapphic #queer muslim #lgbtqia #religious lgbt #muslim lgbt #muslim sapphic positivity #our post

[walrus150915]

Merry (early?) Christmas to those who celebrate!

I personally don't, but I like the vibe✨

Here's a silly sketch-comic I drew based on a post I saw a few days ago

#in my country only a Catholic minority celebrate Christmas in December #Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany in January #and im in a position where im kinda muslim but also... not really #i like the candy canes and santa and mistletoe but we don't do it lmao #since i hc Bal to be Muslim i dont think he'd like. actively participate in Christmas craze #but he likes the aesthetic #plus Christmas has not been about Jesus for a WHILE now #yeeee #nimona #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister boldheart #goldenheart #merry christmas

[frommydiary]

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:

"Whenever your heart is neglectful and you find yourself immersed in the life of this world, go out to the graves and think about those people who yesterday were (alive) like you on earth."

شرح رياض الصالحين 3/473

#tumblog #hadeeth #knowledge #quranic #quran ayah #tumblr #tumblr milestone #allah #allahswt #islamic advice #islamforlife #muslim #deenoverdunya #islamic #alhamdulillah #lailahaillallah #postoftheday #positivity

[dashingwishes]

Eid Mubarak everyone may all of our prayers be accepted & also remember to always be kind & don’t forget spend time with your loved ones, eat well and enjoy! 🌙 💖✨

#Don’t take anyone for granted! #Talk to people when you need help. #I’m still thinking about Moonbin I was missing him so much #allah #eid #eid Mubarak #prayers #ramadan #healing #positivity #positive #love #eid ul fitr #eid al adha #muslims #islam #text #afghans #pashtuns