Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing

Editor : Rahim Thawer, Editor : Maryam Khan, Foreword By : Muhsin Hendricks

Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing

Book Details

  • Publisher : University of Regina Press
  • Published : 2026
  • Pages : 216
  • Category :
    Forthcoming
  • Category 2 :
    Psychoanalysis
  • Catalogue No : 98512
  • ISBN 13 : 9781779401281
  • ISBN 10 : 1779401280

Table of Contents


Foreword
Imam Mushin Hendricks

Introduction
Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan

PART ONE: IDENTITY AND FAMILY
- Pagal Ke Beta Chaka Ka Ma: Son of Mad, Mother of Fag
Sami Sharif

- Wound (Open) Letter to My Mother—Saara
Samajhdaar—Y.K.

- The glass from my chest is melting into my toes
Maha Noor

- Me My Mama and My Mama’s Racism
Ayan Yusuf Karshe

- Self-Care? No, Thank You
Maryam Khan

PART TWO: STRUGGLES AND RESILIENCE
- Lessons of Resistance
Fira

- Fighting the Islamic State and Islamophobia
Nazanin Moghadami

- An Overdue Letter to My Inner Child
Adnan Patel

- Rethinking Therapy: Building Resilience through Culture and Spirituality
Robbie Ahmed

PART THREE: HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION
- Honouring Shame: An Embodied Experience of Queering Islam
Sarah Shah

- Psychedelics and Possibilities — S.H.

- Party ’n’ Pray: A Conversation about Substances and Spirituality
Shafik Kamani and Rahim Thawer

PART FOUR. COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
- Trans Wudu
Aaron El Sabrout

- The Garden Is My Home
Nathan Viktor Fawaz

- Queer Conversations with Allah
Mond Motadi

- Is That Muslim?: Building Community in Diverse Ways
El-Farouk Khaki in collaboration with Troy Jackson

- Diving Into Allah’s Mercy
Elias B.

- Clustering Into Collective Care
Amal Ishaque

- Quasa Meeting Minutes
Nas

Conclusion
Epilogue: Honoring Imam Muhsin Hendricks

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