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September 2014

September 19, 2014

If brown parents gave the sex talk

What was it like in your household? "You want to kill us? No? Then don't...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Sex & the Ummah

Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Advice: Navigating Young (Forbidden) Love

Dear Love, InshAllah, We are parents of a Muslim college student who met a Muslim...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Advice: On cleaning up after sex & dating with a disability

Dear Love, InshAllah: I know this seems like a question everyone already seems to know,...

January 16, 2014

Advice: On internet flirting & kissing at a wedding

Dear Love, InshAllah: There's this Muslim guy I met a few times through work. He...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

Advice: I didn’t say yes

Dear Love, InshAllah: I am 29 years old and am under a lot of pressure...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Advice: Praying for a fresh start

Dear Love InshAllah, There's something that I haven't been able to talk to anyone about,...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Advice: In Love With a Polytheist

Dear Love Inshallah, I have been dating a man for a few years now and...

October 03, 2013

Advice: Nervous About Sex

Salam Love InshAllah, I will be getting married next month and I will move from...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Advice: Starting Over

Dear Love InshAllah, I was in a relationship for ten years, engaged for three and...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Advice: Dating a woman with a past

Dear Love, InshAllah: I've met a girl I really like. We have been good friends...

August 01, 2013

Advice: Unrequited Love

Dear Love Inshallah, At 20 years old, I have decided that I am ready to...

July 2013

July 11, 2013

Advice: In love with a Muslim man

Dear Love, InshAllah, I find myself in a hard situation with a Muslim man I...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Advice: Sleeping with my best friend

Dear Love, InshAllah: I've had a best friend for 4-5 years. I started developing feelings...

June 13, 2013

Advice: Dating Newbie

Dear Love Inshallah, At the age of 25, I am fairly new to the world...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Advice: My husband doesn’t want to have sex

Ed. note: Today our columnists are answering two similar questions that came in within days...

May 02, 2013

Advice: Why is sex so taboo?

Dear Love InshAllah, How do I talk to my sister about sex? She's 24 and...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Advice: Searching for a way forward

Ed. note: This column provides a safe space for readers to ask love and relationship...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Advice: Lonely with a high sex drive

Dear Love InshAllah, I am a single virgin woman in my late twenties who has...

March 07, 2013

Advice: Not everyone has a happy ending

Dear Love InshAllah, I'm reaching out to you now because no one in my life...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Advice: Clueless about my wedding night

Dear Love InshAllah: I am a virgin, and I really don't know what to expect...

February 07, 2013

Advice: Wish my wife would cover up

Dear Love Inshallah, My wife is a beautiful, smart and desirable woman. She wears low-cut,...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Advice: Cheated on by a pious Muslim man

Dear Love InshAllah: My husband is cheating on me. I found out because he wasn’t...

January 10, 2013

Advice: Marriage Sucks

Dear Love InshAllah, My wife does not perform oral sex on me. It aggravates me....

January 09, 2013

Let’s talk about sex (InshAllah)

Since publishing Love InshAllah, we've received countless e-mails from women and men with questions about...